Filtered by category "South America"

  trip days left: 41 straight distance left: 1317 km Pos: here Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent Dist: 8,8 km Start: 6:30 End: 09:20 I didn’t last long this morning…sure the wind wind was still headwind, around 13-15 knots from sw, blowing still the waves in a wide low surf belt onshore. I was […]

  trip days left: 42 straight distance left: 853,47 km Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent The wind breezed up around 1 am from basically nothing to tent-shaking and I was really looking forward to sleep in. My body needed a full rest day. Paddling half days in between replaces not a full rest day […]

  trip days left: 43 straight distance left: 853,47 km Highlights: Got paddling company out of the river Lowlights: Pos: here Loc: Lagoa dos Patos Acc: tent Dist: 42,1 km Start: 6:05 End: 17:05 I was packing my kayak as usual in a quiet early morning dawn, when I suddenly spotted two people in the […]

  trip days left: 44 straight distance left: 881,17 km Highlights: Saw a river rat family Lowlights: still no satellite phone keys working Pos: here Loc: Palmares del Sur Acc: tent Dist: 22,6 km Start: 6:10 End: 11:15 A lovely dry bug free campsite in some breeze all night. Going into the channel I had […]

  trip days left: 45 straight distance left: 917,72 km Highlights: I can still send e-mails via sat phone Lowlights: All my sat phone keys don’t work any more Pos: here Loc: Lagoa da Gentil Acc: tent Dist: 55,7 km Start: 6:20 End: 16:45 This morning was the communication super-gau: At night it is almost […]

  trip days left: 46 straight distance left: 952,98 km Highlights: Leo paddled with me all day Lowlights: I am once more paddling too slow for a strong well rested man with an empty kayak – nothing new 🙂 Launch: Concrete jetty Landing: River bank Pos: here Loc: Lagoa dos Quadros Acc: tent Dist: 51,9 […]

  trip days left: 47 straight distance left: 1004,7 km Highlights: Torres river was sucking me inside Lowlights: Strong headwinds Launch: Low to moderate wide surf Landing: river mouth bank Pos: here Loc: Torres Acc: Gustav and Emmas house Dist: 21,3 km Start: 6:15 End: 11:50 Why the heck can people not use their brain? […]

  trip days left: 48 straight distance left: 1023,19 km Highlights: lower surf than expected Lowlights: less good wind than expected Launch: River bank through wide moderate surf belt Landing: modedrate to low wide surf brelt Pos: here Loc: Balneario Gaivota Acc: tent Dist: 45,8 km Start: 6:10 End: 15:40 A good sleep on my […]

  trip days left: 49 straight distance left: 1065,27 km Highlights: Good winds Lowlights: I have to leave Sonia… Launch: Low wide surf Landing: Through moderate confused surf into the river Pos: here Loc: Rio Ararangua Acc: tent Dist: 61,6 km Start: 6:10 End: 17:00 Sorry, I have to leave…I felt very much at home […]

  trip days left: 50 straight distance left: 1317 km Loc: Santa Marta Acc: Sonia and Jaimies house No internet again this afternoon and night. Nothing unusual in Brazil’s small cities. Tomorrow I’ll keep on going! Not that I have to suffer here, not at all. Sonia is a great cook and a great friend […]