Filtered by category "SA Sec 2 Stg 12 Colombia 1"

  Pos: here Loc: boarder Colombia/ Panama Acc: Coastguard boat Panama Dist: 33,1 km Start: 7:20 End: 15:50 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Jaqué Yesterday evening, the Colombian Navy pulled out the last secret weapon to impress me on my final night for now in their country… I fell asleep early as usual, at about 8.15 pm, […]

  Pos: here Loc: Bahia Humboldt Acc: Navy boat Dist: 41,1 km Start: 6:15 End: 15:50 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Panama! It was full moon last night, and I even had to cover my eyes to sleep properly. we all got up quite early, had to drive only 8,7 km to my last point, and I […]

  Pos: here Loc: past Punta Cruces Acc: Navy boat Dist: 45,8 km Start: 7:15 End: 17:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: before Jurado At least no rain this morning, but bad visibility all day. The last three days it was raining long and heavily until lunchtime. I got back on the old boat from Bahia Solano, […]

  Pos: here Loc: Bahia Solano Acc: Navy room Tomorrow’s estimated landing: 50 km north I woke as usual at 5.30 am, but went back to undisturbed peaceful sleep which I urgently needed after my shaky nights on the boat, with my eye mask on and earplugs in to feel fully able to keep on sleeping. Still I […]

  Pos: here Loc: Bahia Solano Acc: Navy room Dist: 48,4 km Start: 6:35 End: 17:15 No paddling tomorrow The sleep on my tiny horizontal space behind the wheel was actually all right – until 4 am, when it started to rain…no Colombian night so far without rain. I was prepared to pull my tent fly over […]

  Pos: here Loc: somewhere on the water Acc: open Navy boat Dist: 47,3 km Start: 6:35 End: 17:30   Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Bahia Solano The night was full of electricity, with flashes all the time, some bright as sunshine, and coming every 10 sec when I was awake early morning. But no thunder to […]

  Pos: here Loc: Arusi Acc: Navy boat Dist: 55,1 km Start: 7:05 End: 17:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: 55 km further north Carlos seemed to like to stay on the spot where he was stopping the engine last night, it was about 18 km further north east. He was driving about three times during the […]

  Pos: here Loc: somewhere on the water Acc: Navy boat Dist: 46,9 km Start: 9:50 End: 17:30 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: somewhere 60 km north The day started weird, and ended weird. Carlos, our boat captain and Michael Schumacher-style driver tried to explain me last night we can only start at 8 am tomorrow morning, […]

  Pos: here Loc: Puerto Pizarro Acc: Navy boat Dist: 60,1 km Start: 6:50 End: 16:00 I was riding for a while a narrow foam belt between two currents on the otherwise deadly boring calm water. This belt had at least some interesting flotsam and jetsam in there…I am so easy to amuse today! I […]

  Pos: here Loc: Charambira Acc: Navy boat Dist: 53,5 km Start: 8:25 End: 17:05 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: 60 km north I was invited to stay longer in Buenaventura – thanks for the invitation, but sorry, I have to go…or I’ll take five years around South America! 🙁 I always can only touch the surface […]