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  Pos: here Loc: Isla Bartholomé Acc: tent Dist: 00 km Start: 0:00 End: 00:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Panama City!!! When I had a look outside my tent this night, the starts were bright, but no moon. Many, many lights of  fishing boats were flashing far out at sea, including the g guys who spent […]

  Pos: here Loc: Isla Bartholomé Acc: tent Dist: 32,4 km Start: 5:50 End: 15:10 No paddling tomorrow I got up early and was on the water before sunrise,the last bit of moon was light enough for this very easy launch. It is so relaxing when the sea is just “gently lapping” on the beach, […]

  Pos: here Loc: Isla del Rey Acc: tent Dist: 31,7 km Start: 6:20 End: 16:45 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Isla Bartolomé A good night’s sleep on a very unlikely inhabited island, I really saw no sign of people anywhere. Some very old footprints. As it is quite tricky to land a small motorboat here, it […]

  Pos: here Loc: Isla Galera Acc: tent Dist: 43 km Start: 6:15 End: 15:50 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Isla Del Rey archipelago All my different weather forecasts this morning said stronger north wind in the morning, light in the afternoon. I started with almost no wind, then a nice helping light NE wind and good […]

  Pos: here Loc: Gajuala Acc: tent Dist: 00 km Start: 0:00 End: 00:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Isla San Telmo Yesterday’s wind already created white caps on the sea, and I was happy to have a rest day. Today’s north wind was even stronger, it blew almost all day sand through my fly screen, that […]

  Pos: here Loc: Gajuala Acc: tent No paddling tomorrow I can’t remember when I had a relaxing day off at the beach – I think it was only once at the beginning since x-mas. Days off at the beach are very different to days off in a city, especially when there is no internet. […]

  Pos: here Loc: Gajuala Acc: tent Dist: 26,7 km Start: 7:50 End: 13:10 No paddling tomorrow If you were sleeping already, and then there is a flash light shining into your open tent fly at 11.20 pm, displaying the silhouette of a heavily armed man in uniform, you should be better thinking “Well, that […]

    Freya temporarily increased the delay for her posts to appear from two to three days . This means that her update from Saturday will first appear Tuesday night (or even Wednesday for the Europeans). I did speak with her a couple of hours ago and she’s perfectly fine and in good spirit.  

  Pos: here Loc: lonely beach Acc: tent Dist: 47,9 km Start: 7:55 End: 16:05 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: Punta Gararchine This morning it was the very first time I managed spill half of my night’s pee pot inside my tent…yahoo! Yummy! My fluffy fleece blanket got quite soaked on one edge, but the rest was […]

  Pos: here Loc: Jaqué Acc: tent Dist: 41,3 km Start: 6:30 End: 16:00 Tomorrow’s estimated landing: 50 further north I think I had slept worse on the boats, as this was a real ship! An a real ship’s officer’s cabin has to have a real ship mattress – I think…every time the ship was […]