For additional references I incorporated buttons for notes, images, videos and external links. However, for this to make sense the slide show has to stop advancing, so that one can continue whenever ready from the same slide. Hence, I implemented manual functionality, which is more in line with today’s constant interruptions and distractions anyway.

It means, to advance to the next slide or go back, desktop and laptop users can use the ◄left and right►keyboard buttons, or swiping with the mouse pointer. For Tablet and Mobile Phone users screen swipes, or using the buttons on the bottom of the slideshow will work for everyone.

As for this slide show, I opted for images on mobile phones to be truncated to a certain extend. Consequently, images will not be displayed in original full width. The background image of this page is from the beautiful bay in San Carlos in Mexico, where a German sailor anchored for 25 years before purchasing a home.

HINT: Once you start with the #1 slideshow there’s no need to return to this index page, as at the end of every slideshow you’ll find a red button to continue with the next slideshow. You might also want to explore the blue buttons, offering extended info and related videos.

As for my Wanderlust (strong desire for, or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world), it goes back to my childhood, when it became apparent that I have feet instead of roots. Enhanced when I started to feel good to be lost in the right direction. And then my ultimate experience is that I discovered that a tourist remains an outsider throughout his visit; but a sailor is part of the local scene from the moment he arrives.