Category: English Blog Posts (161 results)
The ocean at its best
More than 50 days are already over. 50 days that changed my life, myself, my thoughts completely. Days I’ll never forget because they turned around my life like about 180°. Right now, I’m thinking about the fact how much time… read more
Christmas in “Classroom under sails” style
The feeling, when Christmastime is coming, is probably the best of the year: When you put on music and the first song you hear is “Last Christmas”. When you go downtown and everything you see are Christmas lights. When you… read more
From the view of a banana who came back to the Thor with the KUSis
Since a long time, my whole lifetime to be honest I’m growing on the Farm of Alex on la Gomera with my 57 banana-siblings. It was a good life: Often there were no clouds in the sky and the sun… read more
Work and life on the Finca – a daily surprise
Hiking shoes, 3 T-shirts, trousers, the big trekking bag pack and ah – not to forget the sleeping bag nor the warm underwear! But why do we need so much equipment? The answer lies one-hour bus drive away through fascinating… read more
Sunshine, palm trees and black sand
Dusk. Lights appearing gradually between palm trees and next to narrow, winding roads. Little coloured houses hiding in the mountain chains. This island is enveloped in subtle ash: La Palma. The harbour is long and meagre. Just a few little… read more
A Tale of Whales, Dolphins and a Glowing Ocean
Although we have been only at sea for about a month, we already witnessed a myriad of wonders of the ocean. Like a couple of days ago, how long exactly I honestly can’t remember, when I was just about to… read more
Hymn to the chocolate pudding
The galley duty is an important team on the Thor Heyerdahl. If you are part of the galley duty for a day, you and three others have the responsibility to cook for the whole crew. The main difficulty is that… read more
First storm and anchoring near to Brixham
The night of the 28th October was difficult for most of us. The watch and mess stewards had some difficulties, but in the early morning of the 29th October, we finally arrived near to Brixham. My watch, watch 3, already… read more
A day on board the Thor Heyerdahl – our new home
I am lying in my bed; my eyes are closed and I am thinking – but stop. This is not my bed. It’s smaller and … it’s moving. Forward, backward, forward, backward. It is my bunk. I open my eyes… read more
Rescuing two people, one small dinghy and the blue dark sea
We´re all in this together It´s exactly 4:50 in the afternoon when a girl from watch 2 notices something little, orange and black in the wide sea. She reports this immediately a head of watch standing closely, who grabs a… read more