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  Highlights: Paddled between many beautiful rocky reefs Lowlights: First no wind, then strong headwind Launch: Reef sheltered beach Landing: moderate dumper Pos: here Loc: small river mouth Acc: tent Dist: 36,6 km Start: 5:05 End: 13:00 It was a full moon night, and due to my werewolf tendency I did sleep not very well […]

  Highlights: Found an easy shopping place! Lowlights: found just three small bars of white chocolate… Launch: Fat dumper waves Landing: Reef sheltered beach Pos: here Loc: village behind sand spit Acc: tent Dist: 46,7 km Start: 5:15 End: 15:45 It is my son Helge’s birthday today…last year I was home to celebrate his 18th, […]

Highlights: Got a good rest Lowlights: I am feeling out of place among beach tourists Loc: behind Arraial d’Ajuda Acc: tent Ahhhh, having a good sleep in, when the regular wake up time at 4 am still shows a stiff and not enough relaxed body, feels like a luxury. A bit of rain on the […]

  Highlights: Sex on the Beach! Lowlights: Mostly steep beaches with an ugly dumper Launch: Sheltered river mouth Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: behind Arraial d’Ajuda Acc: tent Dist: 54,7 km Start: 4:50 End: 16:55 The current of that small river I was camping at flushed me out this morning into a dead calm […]

  Highlights: Crossed seven river mouth! Lowlights: landed 1 km too early, launched again Launch: Low to moderate surf Landing: Eventually sheltered river beach Pos: here Loc: small river Acc: tent Dist: 66,5 km Start: 4:50 End: 16:15 Not a single person to be seen all afternoon and night, good. But this lovely shady pine […]

  Highlights: Saw a submarine on the beach Lowlights: Endless paddle with not much entertainment Launch: Wet low surf Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: before Rio Salsa Acc: tent Dist: 50,0 km Start: 5:10 End: 14:05 If you don’t care about the launch timing, even low surf gives you quite a New Year’s morning […]

  Highlights: The surf is overall low Lowlights: Camp near a beach highway entrance Launch: Low surf Landing:Low surf Pos: here Loc: behind Barra do Rio Aguipe Acc: tent Dist: 51,3 km Start: 4:55 End: 14:00 I felt like I was paddling today from noisy beach spot to noisy beach spot. It is holidays, and […]

  Highlights: Feeling fit again Lowlights: Landed too early Launch: Low surf Landing: Low to moderate surf Pos: here Loc: before Ilheus Acc: tent Dist: 50,0 km Start: 4:55 End: 13:35 I could start over well rested and newly motivated today, as the first ten kilometer were nice to paddle anyway along rocky cliffs, with […]

  Highlights: I had to slip first time inside my fleece sleeping bag on a relative cool long sleep-in morning Lowlights: I felt sorry for the lost paddling day… Loc: Itacaré Acc: tent I was not sure all night if I should make myself the gift of a rest day tomorrow, as I made only […]

Highlights: Can’t say… Lowlights: I’m tired… Launch:Low surf with cockpit full of water Landing: behind river reef confused water Pos: here Loc: Itacaré Acc: tent Dist: 32,5 km Start: 5:00 End: 13:00 The last two days were short, slow, head wind and hard work as I should have given me already a rest day latest […]