CAPI TACO'S FIELDNOTES

A long-distance cruiser is born

On learning to move at the speed of the life you’re actually living, and why halfway in is the loneliest place of all.

May 12 • Tomas Salem

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The loneliest utopia in the world?

How a trip back to western Norway taught me to see family as a crucible for growth.

May 4 • Tomas Salem

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March 2026

The Culture Shock of Coming Home

Why neither escaping nor achieving society's metrics of success is likely to make you happy, but embracing the power of human connection will.

Mar 14 • Tomas Salem

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February 2026

The Key to Thriving in the Apocalypse

Sailing through Guna Yala has hammered home a truth we struggle to practice: the good life is all about stripping down, not levelling up.

Feb 26 • Tomas Salem

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What does it mean to live in peace?

The first real sailing leg in seven months is bringing bad weather, beautiful Trump supporters, potential pirates, treacherous waters, and a reminder of…

Feb 1 • Tomas Salem

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January 2026

About The Lamb

A voyage across the Atlantic turns a lamb dinner into a mirror of pleasure, guilt, and anxiety, in open sea.

Published on eXis • Jan 17

A spiritual journey through Guatemaya

A photographic peak into what I've learned after five months in the land of the Maya.

Jan 8 • Tomas Salem

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The hidden cost of following your intuition

Examining the small print of spiritual awakening, and how one year of sailing is teaching me that aliveness—not comfort—should be the yardstick.

Jan 1 • Tomas Salem

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December 2025

Christmas letter from Falkor

Merry Christmas to the family, friends, and many people who have supported me during the first year of this journey.

Dec 21, 2025 • Tomas Salem

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The paradox of happiness

Quick take on why the things that feel difficult can be the key to your fulfilment—from a cruise through the rainforest in Guatemala.

Dec 6, 2025 • Tomas Salem

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November 2025

Reflections from the middle of the storm

This week its a year since I set sail for the Atlantic and a year until I should reach the other side of the Pacific. These are the good, the…

Nov 27, 2025 • Tomas Salem

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Three lessons about death that I learned from Dia de los Muertos

This is the story of how I manifested my way to Oaxaca for the day of the dead, what I learned there, and how the universe granted me a sign that there…

Nov 23, 2025 • Tomas Salem

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