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The Call · Around the World

Getting in Touch WithMy Inner Tortoise

Most of me is pure hare. The journey taught me that speed matters—but so does knowing when to slow down, stick your neck out and keep moving.

Ordinary World

The Call

Answer the Call

Foreign Land

Trials

The Elixir

Getting in touch with my inner tortoise—but most of me is pure hare.

Field Note

Stick Your Neck Out

Sometimes the next chapter begins when caution and momentum finally agree to travel together.

The Asymmetric Equation Patience + Momentum + Courage = Forward Motion

Archive Images

Tortoise Wisdom. Hare Energy.

With Donatello and Raphael. Sometimes you have to be willing to stick your neck out.

Houston, we have a bunny! June 27 in Santa Monica.

Audio Podcast

The World of Cruising

Listen to the companion podcast and continue the voyage beyond the page.

Companion Stories

The Wider African Route

Back in TimeReturn to a previous chapter of the journey. Alive on ArrivalCape Town, South Africa. ZambiaThe art of racing in the rain. QM2Cape Town welcomes Queen Mary 2. StellenboschAchieving grapeness. Fish Hoek Net WorthA different way to calculate wealth. Livingstone, I PresumeBeauty, distance and the African field.

The Elixir

Know When to Run. Know When to Endure.

The hare gets you moving. The tortoise keeps you moving. A life around the world requires both: urgency when the door opens, patience when the road becomes long, and enough courage to keep your neck exposed to possibility.