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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.

Caribbean on a budget

Thirteen Caribbean islands on a small budget: where I slept, ate and island-hopped the local way.

By sailboat

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

On foot

Crossing whole islands and countries on foot. The slowest travel there is.

Where the slow roads go

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

● Stories to read   ● Explored 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

Where this comes from

Fifteen-plus years of nomadic living, mostly overland and oversea: 50,000+ nautical miles under sail, almost seven 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.

The slow travel essentials

The quiet workhorses of fifteen years on the road: SafetyWing insurance, a Wise account, an Airalo eSIM, Booking.com for the beds and TrustedHousesitters for the long stays.

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