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Back in Colombia!

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I’m back in Colombia! Back “home”, back to work! I had a quiet flight from Hamburg via Paris to Bogota, where I needed to spend the night in a small hotel as my next flight to Riohacha went the next day. Uli Diekmann organized his friend Fernando Saavedra to drive me back and forth, thanks […]

11May

Back Home – Trip Holiday until August 14th!

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I had a safe flight home, enjoyed my birthday yesterday with my family and will now dive into all work which needs to be done from home – including preparing the next leg along Venezuela and further along the coast! I may occasionaly update here, but not daily any more. Have a nice summer!

07May

Mon 06/05-2013 Day 475

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Pos: here Loc: boarder Colombia/ Venezuela Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón Dist: 26,1 km Start: 5:00 End: 09:30 The campfire the boys started yesterday for pleasure, I assumed, turned out to obviously a “watch fire”, as at midnight, when I woke up briefly, the fire was high and one guy was on the watch, […]

06May

Sun 05/05-2013 Day 474

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Pos: here Loc: Punta Médanos Acc: tent Dist: 51 km Start: 5:00 End: 14:20 The second last day of this section of my trip! Maybe I should have paddled a bit longer last afternoon, as the rest in my tent was rather a sauna trip than good rest. Not a single breeze. Or should […]

05May

Sat 04/05-2013 Day 473

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Pos: here Loc: Puerto Estrella Acc: tent Dist: 42,4 km Start: 4:45 End: 13:00 What shall I write? The same procedure as last night and morning? I was getting up at 2.45am, this time packed with minimum camping gear for two nights. It was an easy ride back to my spot in darkness on […]

03May

Fri 03/05-2013 Day 472

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Pos: here Loc: Punta Gallinas Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón Dist: 41,4 km Start: 3:45 End: 11:30 I reached the northernmost point of South America today! I started paddling again for one hour in darkness. With the moon now less than a quarter, it took a while to get used to see sufficiently […]

03May

Mon 02/05-2013 Day 471

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Pos: here Loc: just outside Puerto Bolivar Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón Dist: 30 km Start: 4:50 End: 11:00 All went smooth this morning – getting up 2.45 am, leaving with the boat at 3 45 am, starting paddling at 4.50 am. Low winds, smooth seas, turning to moderate head winds and a […]

02May

Wed 01/05-2013 Day 470

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Pos: here Loc: before Cabo de la Vela Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón A quiet day with lots of online work and reading. Nothing special. At night, there was a comedy show for the people here, which I couldn’t really enjoy as I didn’t understand a word. Nice anyway! But I will paddle […]

01May

Tue 30/04-2013 Day 469

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Pos: here Loc: before Cabo de la Vela Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón Today I got the full mining sightseeing program from Eliécer. First I got dressed with helmet, safety boots and – glasses and a reflective vest. After an introductory video (fortunately in English), we did a drive around the loading and […]

30Apr

Mon 29/04-2013 Day 468

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Pos: here Loc: before Cabo de la Vela Acc: house in mining company Cerrejón I wrote my update too early yesterday, expecting nothing interesting would be happening… But at 5 pm, David, the coast guard boss, came to talk over the weather options for next day with me, accompanied by Eliécer Ávila, public relations manager […]