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  Highlights: I made some distance… Lowlights: Unsheltered camp in fucking strong wind! Launch: Sheltered river beach Landing: Sheltered river beach Pos: here Loc: Morro das Frecheiras Acc: tent Dist: 33.4 km Start: 4:55 End: 11:05 Last night just before dusk after I shut my office down, I walked out of my tent for some stretching and […]

    Highlights: Windsheltered shady campsite at a beach restaurant Lowlights: What a fucking wind… Launch: low surf Landing: Sheltered river beach Pos: here Loc: Camocim Acc: tent Dist: 40 km Start: 5:00 End: 11:40 Besides the flying sand through my tent mesh and the hot sun I had not much to suffer at my beach […]

  Highlights: Good speed and reached my planned destination Lowlights: Horrible Jericoacoara Launch: Just enough water on the shallow reef Landing: Luck on avoiding the rolling surf wave Pos: here Loc: Jericoacoara Acc: tent Dist: 51.9 km Start: 4:35 End: 13:35 I was watching yesterday suspiciously the tide going out and the about 500m wide shallow […]

  Highlights: Found a landing Lowlights: Back to the shallows! Launch: Reef sheltered beach Landing: Sandy river reef beach Pos: here Loc: Small village before Acarau Acc: tent Dist: 56,1 km Start: 5:00 End: 15:40 The landscape changed slowly, now it’s back to the shallow river systems. More green on the coast, even some mangroves at […]

  Highlights: Felt much more active than the last two days Lowlights: none really Launch: Low surf belt Landing: Sheltered behind reef Pos: Pos: here Loc: Icarai Acc: tent Dist: 54,3 km Start: 5:00 End: 15:40 When you hear a loud pffffffff while you are lying nicely relaxed on your inflatable sleeping pad…you may be thinking […]

  Highlights: Many, many jumping fish swarms Lowlights: Deadly boring paddling in heat Launch: Wide low to moderate surfbelt Landing: Wide low surfbelt Pos: here Loc: Guariju Acc: tent Dist: 51,1 km Start: 5:00 End: 14:50 Endless beaches and dunes…the first ten km at least some bumpy water to keep me awake, when it’s calmer, what […]

  Highlights: Paddled under the Pecum harbor bridge Lowlights: Missing my laptop… Launch: Sheltered beach Yacht Club Landing: Wide low to moderate surf belt Pos: here Loc: Taiba Acc: tent Dist: 56,2 Start: 5:45 End: 15:50 Polyana and her father were so nice to get upt with me at 4 am to drive me to the […]

  Highlights: Got air condition installed in my room Lowlights: Boring day.. Pos: here Loc: Fortaleza Acc: Polyana’s house Again not much to do today…packed my food, mixed my breakfast rations into ziplock bags (oats, milk powder, chocolate powder, sugar), filled my water bags and am actually quite good with my city stay and ready to leave tomorrow! Thanks […]

  Highlights: Learned a lot about Brazilian cell phones… Lowlights: Boring day.. Pos: here Loc: Fortaleza Acc: Polyana’s house Not much to do today…checked my gear, wrote e-mails, uploaded pictures, called my family, looked on satellite maps, all on a borrowed computer, and at night Polyana was able to take me to a shopping center […]

  Highlights: Pericles invited me into a great Churrasceria Lowlights: No laptop or cell fix yet, but on the way Pos: here Loc: Fortaleza Acc: Polyana’s house Pericles took the hard job today to drive me around despite he being tired and driving to his adventure race tomorrow night, thanks very very much! First we found a good […]