I had not considered that there was a midnight charter flight yesterday and as a consequence the light in the waiting room stayed on and the staff used the covered parking until the flight had left. I had two hours sleep, two hours noise and again two hours sleep. I walked the hundred meters to ...

The carriers had been busy the last two days, the other crew members including the captain not, but this changed this morning and the preparations for the departure were going on when I opened my eyes. The carriers loaded off the last merchandise, the cleaning of the now empty ship had begun, the list of ...

I had slept very well last night with the sound of the rain in my ears and in my heart. Activities on board this morning started slow but the ship had to be unloaded completely, cleaned completely and had to be prepared for tomorrow for police inspection, navy inspection and departure. I was hoping to ...

What happened last night?  I went to sleep yesterday it was the year 2015, I woke up this morning and it was the year 2016; according to the Gregorian calendar, last night the year had changed from the year 2015 to the year 2016. And according to the Chinese calendar? And according to the Jewish ...

The noise of the traffic woke me up this morning and I walked just a little bit and was back at the airport. I had a problem with the battery of my camera. The battery recharged very slow, about two hours and got empty very quick, after about six hours. I needed access to a ...

The door of the airport opened again at 06:00 hours this morning for the cleaning lady to enter and wipe the floor before anybody else would enter the terminal. I did not want to be in the way either, stayed on my bench and slept for another hour. The security staff arrived, the police arrived, ...

Not twelve hours, not ten hours but only eight hours was the time that the last delivery, the last sale of the year lasted in the city of Sao Paulo de Olivença. Just three hours after departure the engine slowed down for the first time today. The stops had been a funny mixture of city, ...

In the early morning hours while I was still sleeping the Voyager V had stopped for the fourth time; the city of Amaturá at the crossing of the small river with the same name and the River Amazon. The water of the River Amaturá was black like the water of the Rio Negro and “the ...

The passenger deck had become extremely full yesterday evening and the comfortable space of my hammock of the first days was gone, not that I had slept worse yesterday just my way to the toilet had become a challenge, I had to crawl in military style underneath the hammocks in order to get to the ...

In the early morning hours while I was still sleeping the ship had stopped for the first time and when I woke up the ship had already started with the procedure of departure from the city of Fonte Boa. I could not get off anymore to have a quick walk around and could only take ...

I woke up by the noise of the people using the bathroom and the screams of the small children playing and it was Christmas day. In a lot of Christian cultures Christmas time starts really with Christmas day but on the Voyager V nothing had changed. The majority of the passengers had an enormous patience ...

I woke up by the noise of the people using the bathroom and the screams of the small children playing and it was Christmas. Not only that I did not feel Christmas within myself, the whole boat, the crew and the passengers did not feel Christmas and this would not change during the whole day. ...

After five days of waiting in Manaus today was the day of departure, scheduled for 12:00 hours. My first night on the Voyager V in my new hammock was acceptable but I would have to do some necessary adjustments to improve the stability and the comfort and I would probably need help from a more ...

I had not expected to stay in Manaus that long and definitely not expected to stay at the airport that long but it had been the most comfortable and secure alternative. I had been in Manaus and at the airport now for the last five days, five days that I actually needed to complete the ...

I had a very good sleep again yesterday night and woke up late but very fresh. I could really get used to my new home just because of the good night sleep. All services available including security, lots of benefits like in house restaurants, in house pharmacy, in house library and easy access to transport; ...

I had a very good sleep yesterday night and woke up late but very fresh. I had been in Manaus before and did not want to go to the historic center again to see the theater, the justice palace or the “meeting of the rivers”, still I wanted to spend the Sunday doing something different ...

I was pretty tired yesterday and I actually had quite a good sleep on the bench at the airport termianl. I had the bathrooms on the lower level just ten meters from my bench, an automatic water dispenser on the ground floor just fifty meters from my bench and the food court on the first ...

I had taken the overnight bus from Natal to Fortaleza. I had an empty row for myself, two seats together, had entered in my sleeping back and had tried to sleep, with reasonable success. The bus arrived at 05:30 hours in the morning; I was still very tired, picked up my backpack and searched for ...

The bus had been half full; still the operator had booked all people to the front and together. Before we had left Manaus I had picked an empty row, two seats together, had entered in my sleeping back and had tried to sleep, with reasonable success. We arrived at the bus terminal at 07:00 hours ...

Overnight my batteries had recharged and were back at 75%. I went straight to the Volkswagen dealer to speak to the manager. He had not arrived yet and I had time to sit in the waiting room and connect to the internet. I wanted to have a look at the possibility to fly from Manaus ...

Overnight my batteries had recharged and were back at 45%. I was thirsty but I had no money. The streets were completely empty, no one and definitely no Gringo around to ask for 1 Euro or even for 100 Bolivares. It was time to leave and drive to the border, for whatever reason I drove ...