The data is based on a list by Klaus Müller-Salget. Since not all of the key data listed are specifically named in the novel, but are based on back calculations, other data can be found in other sources.
- March 25, evening: Faber's departure from New York
- March 26–29: Emergency landing and stay in the Mexican desert (Tamaulipas)
- April 1: Arrival in Campeche
- April 2–3: Train trip to Palenque
- April 7: Full Moon Festival in Palenque
- April 8–12: Drive to the plantation in Guatemala (as the crow flies approx. 70 miles)
- April 14: Start of the return journey to Palenque
- April 20: Departure from Caracas (Venezuela)
- April 21: Arrival in New York, where Ivy is waiting
- April 22–30: Boat trip from New York to Le Havre
- April 29: Faber's 50th birthday, marriage proposal to Sabeth
- May 1: Paris
- May 13: Lunar eclipse in Avignon, spends night with Sabeth
- May 14–25: Joint trip to Italy, crossing to Patras
- May 26–27: Night in Acrocorinth
- May 27, at noon: Sabeth's accident on Theodohori beach
- May 27: Arrival in Athens, reunion with Hanna
- May 28, morning to midday: Drive again to Theodohori; 2 p.m.: Sabeth's death from a cerebral hemorrhage
- June 1: New York, party at Williams'
- June 2: Flight to Mérida
- June 4–5: Trip to Palenque; continue to the plantation in Guatemala
- June 20 – July 8: Stay in Caracas; from June 21 Faber writes the first part of the report during his hotel stay due to stomach problems
- July 9–13: Faber in Havana (Cuba)
- July 15: Düsseldorf, film screening at Hencke-Bosch GmbH, departure by train
- July 16: Zurich, meeting with Professor O.
- July 18: Athens
- From July 19, hospital in Athens, where Faber wrote the second part of the report and the diary in italics
- Appointment in August at 8:05 a.m.: Operation; the recordings stop.
