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15+ years nomadic

Slow travel

the long way round

Pick your pace
Every route here I travelled myself: by sailboat, van, train and on foot.
PICK YOUR PACE

House and boat sitting

The house, pet and boat sitting platforms that work, and how to land your first sit.

Canaries without flying

To the Canary Islands without flying: ferries, routes and what it costs.

Tarifa to Chefchaouen

Tarifa to Chefchaouen: crossing to Morocco slowly, ferry and all.

Four and a half years slow

Four and a half years travelling by van, sailboat and on foot. The full picture.

By sailboat

Crossing oceans as crew: the slowest, wildest way between continents.

On foot

Long-distance trails: the slowest travel of all, one step at a time.

Where the slow roads go

Twenty-one places with stories behind them. Tap a pin.

● Stories to read   ● Been there, stories coming

Years nomadic
15
Countries travelled
60
Countries lived in
11
Books written
2
A woman on a sailboat taking a selfie.
@suzannevanderveeken

Why listen to me?

Fifteen-plus years of nomadic living, mostly overland and oversea: 50,000+ nautical miles under sail, six years in the van, 13,000+ kilometres on foot and more ferries and night trains than I can count. Slow is not a compromise. It is the whole point.

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