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Pos: here Loc: La Tola Acc: Reten Naval Dist: 50,3 km Start: 8:10 End: 18:55 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Cabo Manglares in Colombia I thought I agreed yesterday with my Navy guy who escorted me into town about a pickup at 6.30 am…it sounded like he understood and would be organizing it. But the language barrier obviously made […]

Pos: here Loc: Rio Verde Acc: Hotel Dist: 30 km Start: 7:20 End: 14:05 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Olmedo Why didn’t I listen to my experience, and put up my tent inside a room, if possible, to have a peaceful bug free sleep on the mattress I am used to? The Navy accommodation looked so nice […]

Pos: here Loc: Esmeraldas Acc: Navy Dist: 29,5 km Start: 7:10 End: 13:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Rio Verde The beach was quite empty this morning, and even last Sunday night there was no music anywhere. Was it because of the rain all night, or because it was Sunday night? My sleep was definitively better without […]

Pos: here Loc: Atatcames Acc: Reten Naval Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Capitania Esmeraldas It was a great idea to stop in Atacames for the necessary two days off and not in the puerto grande Esmeraldas (I think…). The team here in the Reten Naval station is really nice to me and obviously also a bit proud to have me […]

Pos: here Loc: Atatcames Acc: Reten Naval No paddling tomorrow I have decided to take my two days off here in Atacames instead of in Esmeraldas which will be the next port. I arrived really worn out from hard and long paddling days with some bad sleep, and my skin needs a few dry rest days anyway. The […]

Pos: here Loc: Atatcames Acc: Reten Naval Dist: 25,5 km Start: 6:30 End: 13:00 No paddling tomorrow Started too late to write this day’s update – now I can’t concentrate anymore being too tired…I’ll write the contents tomorrow. ————————————————— I was just [...]

Pos: here Loc: Galera Acc: tent Dist: 54,2 km Start: 6:10 End: 18:20 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Capitania Esmeraldas What a day! I was not meant to be paddling until dusk again…but the last 23 km I was battling into a 15 knots north headwind. Full power again, just to reach Galera before dusk . I […]

Pos: here Loc: before Isla Zapotal Acc: tent Dist: 43,6 km Start: 7:10 End: 17:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Galera I’m always starting with how I slept, then the launch…boring? Sure, it’s a lot of routine also on such a trip. So – I slept perfect with light air condition and with no-itching earplugs all night. […]

Pos: here Loc: Pedernales Acc: Reten Naval Pedernales Dist: 42,5 km Start: 7:30 End: 16:30 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: North of Cojimies I slept short, but deeply  inside the office in the Reten Naval Matal, despite the extra hour in the morning. I could feel safe and keep my earplugs in. Sometimes it’s better than a […]

Pos: here Loc: Capitania Matal Acc: tent inside Dist: 67,1 km Start: 6:40 End: 18:45 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Pedernales It was *hot* in my own separate Navy house – despite I had opened all four windows to have a bit of a draft, I didn’t notice that one door slammed shut again, and my draft […]