Fabienne Wolf grew up in Switzerland, which put paid to her early dreams of going to sea. She studied visual design, worked as a graphic designer in the Swiss advertising industry and taught art, language and a wide range of other subjects at Waldorf schools in England. A spontaneous decision to take time out, to travel and see the world put her in touch with her love of writing, and she realized her wish of crossing the great oceans at last. That change of course inspired her to write a series of Solo Travel Chronicles, of which this is the first volume.