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  Teaching Jadiel some rolling… Pos: here Loc: Sao Luis Acc: Sandra´s apartment Jadiel took the family and me out for breakfast this Easter morning, a large buffet was pleasing everyone`s heart and stomach. Then high speed food shopping, at least once you know the offerings in a new country (from the first big food shopping […]

  Got gas cans, a matching stove, and my serious infection and funghi medicine Pos: here Loc: Sao Luis Acc: Sandra´s apartment Jadiel and his crew took me to a doctor friend´s apartment to consult again about my sores, and we eventually got the prescription for the antibiotics against the bacterial infections, some funghi killer pills […]

  Decided to take antibiotics against all my skin infections… Pos: here Loc: Sao Luis Acc: Sandra´s apartment I was all day inside working online, reading and repairing my gear. Nice and cool, but I always have to cover my ears and forehead in the constant cool air flow and blow, and my eyes don´t like […]

  Almost all day inside my cool a/c room…working… Pos: here Loc: Sao Luis Acc: Sandra´s apartment The online work ¨backwards¨from the last weeks of my trip is done, I started to look ahead on satellite pics, maps and chart. Basically it´s all beach ahead, just a few last mangrove islands on the beginning. I assume […]

  I´m in Sao Luis!!! Some days of rest and recovery. Pos: here Loc: Sao Luis Acc: Sandra´s apartment Dist: 43,3 km Start: 5:40 End: 16:45 An all calm night with full moon, the passing cow herds on my beach didn´t come up to my tent, neither did the one and only fisherman I spotted walking […]

  Only one more day to Sao Luis! Some aircondition break for my skin, yeah! Pos: here Loc: Before Farol Pirajuba Acc: tent Dist: 33,1 km Start:5 :40 End: 12:20 I am actually quite sick of those long afternoons without paddling, but to split this distance to Sao Luis coming out of the channels and being now back at […]

    Low surf on many shallows Pos: here Loc: Before Barra do Perical Acc: tent Dist: 31,2 km Start: 5:55 End: 11:45 The launch was easier than the landing yesterday, as it was almost full high tide. The surf is wide, but really low and nothing serious. Fortunately the tide was retreating, as there were so many […]

  Back to the open sea! Pos: here Loc: Before Punta Faval Acc: tent Dist: 27,7 km Start: 5:35 End: 11:15 I was hoping to have the hut for myself for the night, but my hope and silent peaceful rest came to an end around 6 pm with two boats and four young men obviously returning to “their” […]

  Camp with 4 guys on stilt hut Pos: here Loc: Mangrove Channel Acc: tent on stilt hut Dist: 45,6 km Start: 5:00 End: 16:10 I decided to launch early in darkness at 5 am to avoif the treacherous mud beach covered only with a thin layer of good looking sand. Myriads of tiny bugs from […]