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  trip days left: 31 straight distance left: 599,9 km Highlights: Amazing flying cobweb strings with attached spiders Lowlights: Thousands of not amazing flying mosquitoes Pos: here Loc: Entrada do Lagoa Mirim Acc: tent Dist: 41,6 km Start: 6:05 End: 16:25 Unfortunately I had to leave yesterday night once more my bug-free and bug-proof tent, […]

    trip days left: 32 straight distance left: 630,6 km Pos: here Loc: Canal Sao Goncalo Acc: tent Dist: 36,1 km Start: 6:05 End: 15:30 I got an escort again, this time double! Double in all – in persons, in the kayak, in the days. A two-days escort in a double kayak by Antonio […]

  trip days left: 33 straight distance left: 652,7 km Loc: Laranjal Acc: tent What a rainstorm all morning!It was pouring down like never, at least it sounded like it on the roof of my equipment hall where my tent was high and dry. I had a cozy morning with a book, until I had […]

  trip days left: 34 straight distance left: 652,7 km Pos: here Loc: L’Aranjal Acc: tent Dist: 37,6 km Start: 6:05 End: 12:45 Today’s job were two crossings back to civilization and internet at L’Aranjal. In a smaller channel in the otherwise shallow lagoon with again thousands of mostly unused fishing poles I got a […]

  trip days left: 35 straight distance left: 683 km Pos: here Loc: Ponta dos Lencois Acc: tent Dist: 53,8 km Start: 5:55 End: 15:50 Great paddling conditions with the wind changing back to the ENE, aka offshore and calm with no waves. First calm, then lightly pushing and with going more due west, fully […]

  trip days left: 36 straight distance left: 732 km Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent Since I started my countdown of the trip days, I was wrong about one day, and no one noticed…not even Prof. Dr. U.B., although he complained about a too short calculated left over distance…I am not “calculating” at all […]

  trip days left: 37 straight distance left: 732 km Loc: Lago dos Patos Acc: tent I was nicely asleep, feeling safe in this remote area close to the spit. Wheel tracks were everywhere on the coast the last few days, but none of them looked really fresh. Who can expect a car passing close […]

  trip days left: 38 straight distance left: 732 km Pos: here Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent Dist: 59,8 km Start: 6:05 End: 18:10 A great day of paddling with good progress. Calm winds in the morning hours, then up to 15 knots nicely following from NE. Not much sun, but warm enough air […]

  trip days left: 39 straight distance left: 772,7 km Pos: here Loc: Lagoad os Patos Acc: tent Dist: 47,9 km Start: 6:10 End: 16:20 I think I really got the envisioned but rather dreaded nandu visit at night!At 11 pm I heard something outside banging around my kayak and tent. As I really couldn’t […]

  trip days left: 40 straight distance left: 805,5 km Pos: here Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent Dist: 56,5 km Start: 6:00 End: 16:50 Good progress today! Yesterday I was not happy…today fully! It is such a beautiful lagoon coast! I fully enjoy watching the many many birds, today some pink flamingos added to […]