THE WORLD'S MOST FASCINATING ROBINSONS CRUSOES

Alvaro Cerezo

Getting to know Bill Butler Salazar

November 2, 2017 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In 1989, the Cuban-American Bill Butler Salazar decided to circumnavigate the world with his French wife Simonne.
Instead they ended up adrift in a two meter leaky plastic liferaft when whales battered and sank their 12 meter sailboat.

Meeting Steven Callahan

November 2, 2017 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In 2016 I had the chance to visit Steven Callahan at his home in Maine (USA) and get to know more about his SOLO castaway experience at sea. He survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft.

The biggest coconut in the world?

July 11, 2017 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

While visiting Restoration desert island (Australia), I came across the largest coconut that I have ever seen in my life, and believe me I’ve seen a few coconuts! I reckon that should one of our voluntary castaways get a hold of one like it they would be speechless!…

How is the desert island of the Australian Robinson?

June 5, 2017 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

As I have already related in another post, two years ago I spent five days on the castaway squatter’s island, the Australian David Glasheen. It is called Restoration Island and in this article I will try to keep brief my accounts about this encounter…

Spending 5 days with squatter-castaway David Glasheen

June 2, 2017 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

It was 20 years ago this month that David Glasheen decided to abandon civilisation and become a voluntary castaway. His story is well known, as it has been previously published in various communication media some years ago.

Discovering the island of the WW2 castaway Hiroo Onoda

June 26, 2016 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

Last December I spent 5 days surviving on the Philippine island where Hiroo Onoda hid during three decades, believing that the Second World War hadn’t yet finished. This story reminds us very much of that…

Living in the jungle for 5 days with the Vietnamese Tarzan (DOCUMENTARY)

June 25, 2016 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

Last November, while I was in Vietnam for work reasons, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with this ‘jungle boy’ who is now living in a village, adapting to civilization…

How to catch & eat a monitor lizard?

March 31, 2016 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In this article I will try to explain how to catch a monitor lizard on a desert island letting us change our diet should we find ourselves abandoned a long time….

The genuine personality of Ian Argus Stuart. Our 64 years old Robinson

November 5, 2014 Docastaway Clients by Alvaro Cerezo

His full name is Ian Argus Fraser Stuart Harding and he was born in Great Britain. The beginning of my story with Ian began in April, 2014 when I got an email from our Operations Director, Tamiki Kato, desperately asking for help as he …

Brand new satellite for our castaways. Wideye iSavi review

November 1, 2014 Curiosities by Alvaro Cerezo

After a long waiting we have just received the revolutionary Wideye iSavi satellite hub., and after making the a few quick tests we can say that it works fine and very fast. This portable satellite terminal, capable of connecting multiple devices at once…

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