Meet a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years Michele Ardu © Photograph by Michele Ardu Mauro surrounded by the nature of Budelli at sunset.
More than a year ago, when the world responded to isolation orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Mauro Morandi stayed put. He had no reason to move because he has spent the past three decades in isolation by choice.
In 1989, Morandi’s catamaran engine crippled and anchor adrift washed up on the coast of Budelli Island, located on a stretch of water between Sardinia and Corsica. As luck would have it, Morandi learned that the island’s caretaker was retiring from his post, so he sold his boat and assumed a new role.
Meet a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years
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