Quote Originally Posted by Munsu
I have to agree with this... damnit, get us where we want to go already. As much as I appreciate the level of detail Oda puts into each step of the journey... sometimes I just wish he'd just throw us right into the main plot.

This feels like the couple of arcs just before Sky Island, where they first meet the monkeys at the sea, then they go to that wierd island, meat the liar's son, find the north bird, then go out to sea so that they can go up to Sky Island.
Maybe....but it seems a lot of people preferred the Luffy vs spring guy scene on Jaya more than the real battles in Skypeia.