Passing a vacation aboard a cruise is a tourist option increasingly demanded even for travelers high purchasing power. However, Mario Salcedo, a millionaire who made a fortune in finance, decided 25 years ago to turn his day to day on a vacation. Since then, he has been linking cruise trips making these colossi of the sea In your home.
However, that life of luxuries aboard some of the biggest recreation ships has taken its toll: it has lost “its earth legs” and is no longer able to walk in a straight line when it arrives in the port.
Live on vacation. The Millionaire of Cuban origin told In 2019 a The New York Times that he was never interested in forming a family, so his life on the mainland was only to work and work. So one day he decided to leave his apartment behind in Miami and cruise.
The experience impacted him so much that since then he has been linking one cruise with another and now his house has several covers, swimming pools, dance tracks and some fleeting neighbors with which he socializes whenever he can. After being a regular between the passage of the Royal Caribbean companythe crew already knows him as Super Mario. “I have no vacation. People come here to spend a vacation. I don’t, I’m here to live my life,” explains the millionaire.
Life on board. The Millionaire Investor uses a reserved table on one of the covers of the cruise in which it can be read on a handwritten sign “Super Mario’s office”. Obviously They do not refer to the Nintendo characterif not to the place from which the millionaire sits every day for a few hours before his laptop to telework. In this way, the more than 1,154 cruises that he has completed in his life on the high seas has been paid.
The Millionaire claims to dedicate between $ 70,000 and $ 100,000 a year for their trips. The millionaire counted in An interview For Condé Nast magazine, who reserved an inner cabin without a balcony, because “I do nothing in my cabin but shower, dress and sleep,” he explained. The rest of the day could be found in his “office”, socializing with other travelers or dancing in one of the ship’s dance rooms. To avoid having to constantly changing cabin, Salcedo plans it with 150 reservations in advance, linking a journey with another.
The worst of living in a cruise is to get to port. Everything would indicate that the greatest cost of living in a cruise is money. However, for “Super Mario” the greatest sacrifice is to go down to the ground. After more than 25 years rocked by the swing of the waves in the best cruises, the millionaire has developed a rare disease called Landing disease.
This is a rare disorder that affects the vestibular system of the ear that affects the balance giving a constant sensation of movement even when it is stable and motionless on the mainland.
It is popularly known as “earth legs.” Usually, this is a disorder that remains as much for a couple of days, but when your life transcurns on the high seas, and you only pass a total of fifteen days a year on land, the disease becomes chronic. “I have lost my land legs. I swing so much that I cannot walk in a straight line. I am so used to being in ships that I feel more comfortable than on land,” I said in his interview.
It does not usually go down to land. It is unquestionable that Mario Salcedo is found aboard a cruise as a fish in the water, so, the few times that he goes down to the ground to take a plane that takes him to his next cruise, when they dock in Miami to verify that Everything is still in order in your apartment or when you have to make efforts with the bank or medical visits.
Luckily, except for his problem with balance when Pisa Tierra Firme, the Millionaire Sexagenarian enjoys good health. A key factor for “Super Mario” to follow your adventure on the high seas, given that shipping companies prohibit That a person who needs constant medical care rises on board.
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