Travel without flying

If I can't change the environment then I have to change myself Since I moved to South East Asia and lived in many places I could enjoy meeting new people, watching amazing sunsets, drinking juice in cooler nights, walking in green forest, swimming in warm sea and eating fresh fruits that stinks sometimes. Everything sounds like a perfect life, yeah? What else could you wish from your living? But this isn’t a paradise and not even a dream life in a tropical place in a small house on the beach. If you have been to these places before then is hard not to notice the obvious thing like sweating bodies in the heat. [1] Even the local people can't stand the heat and in the first row are the Road Ninjas the women who fight against the sun and social norms pushing back sexism in Vietnamese culture. Yeah, this is me and of course I am the ninja as well. The local people say that Ho Chi Minh have three seasons: hot, very hot and fucking hot! Air conditioning uses more electricity...

Time to leave Now I have one month left in Vietnam and my thoughts going around to plan a route from Vietnam by sea no matter where just out from here. As things takes time to figure out in a new place I began one month in ahead to check with my friends and agencies to find a way out from by sea from here. I really thought this would be a easy one to get but I forgot that things works different in this country or better to say that things don't work att all here. First I tried with cargo ships and I did checked in advance what papers you should have to get on board of this vessels. Then consulting with a guy who works in this field told me that is not possible to get on board if you don't have seaman's book and to make a seaman's bok is an entire history as well. Alright this option with cargo ships was nothing to think more about, so I focused on sailboats. There is some good web pages like "Sail Indonesia" which give information and links to most popul...