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Pos: here Loc: Cabo Blanco Acc: tent Dist: 55,7 km Start: 7:20 End: 17:20 I had to sleep with earplugs all night, as the nights’  high tide was washing quite some dumpers against the steep gravel beach , just about 5 m below my camp site around midnight. Sliding down the kayak is always easy […]

Pos: here Loc: Faro Loayza Acc: tent Dist: 51,8 km Start: 7:55 End: 18:35 Looking out of my tent at 5.45 am, I knew I could turn around for at least another hour…I couldn’t get out to sea! This mornings’  low tide was much lower than last nights’ low tide when I was thinking I […]

Pos: here Loc: behind Punta Casamayor Acc: tent Dist: 37,7 km Start: 7:35 End: 15:20 I may be a bit trip-sick today…paddled only 37,7 km again. I felt when I saw that nice beach and only high cliffs in the distance, and the tide was still 2 hrs before lowest, and it was HOT in […]

Pos: here Loc: Bahia Langara Acc: tent Dist: 38,6 km Start: 7:35 End: 14:35 Martin agreed I’d knock on the door when I’d like to go early, as the wind for today was still forecasted strong in the morning, about 20-25 kn, and then easing down to 15 kn in the afternoon. Around the house […]

Pos: here Loc: Caleta Olivia Acc: Martin and Daniela’s house Dist: 0 km The last night’s upcoming storm was howling all night around the house and I was happy to be in a house, freshly showered and dry. The day was spent as usual for town days – writing updates, editing pictures, queuing up for […]

Pos: here Loc: Caleta Olivia Acc: Martin & Daniela’s house Dist: 64 km Start: 7:05 End: 20:15 A friendly young paddler from the Club Nautico agreed last night to see me before his work starts to carry my boat with me down to the beach which was sitting besides my tent at the club area parking lot. […]

Pos: here Loc: Club Nautico Rada Tilly Acc: tent Dist: 62,7 km Start: 7:00 End: 19:20 I woke to a dead calm, bright sunny morning and was eager to get into my kayak! I decided, as announced to do yesterday, to cover the missing 20 km in my way, as no one was able to drive me […]

Pos: here Loc: Rocas Coloradas, somewhere at the end of the beach road Acc: tent Dist: 0 km I was busy working online all morning as well, and my hostel host probably thought I was still sitting out there on the patio since last night 11 pm…but where it was chilly last night, now the […]

Pos: here Loc: Club Nautico Comodoro Rivadavia and Rada Tilly Acc: hostel in Rada Tilly Dist: 0 km   When I took my earplugs out at 6 am in the morning, the sound of the dumper told me nothing had really changed…it was again highest tide, and it looked even more scary now… I took a few […]

Pos: here Loc: river mouth 6,5 km south of Caleta Visser Acc: tent Dist: 37,3 km Start: 12:15 End: 19:20 The night brought a strong sw wind as forecasted, and I had to get up at 3.30 am to secure my tent better with some more rocks on the pegs- the gusts were probably about 30 knots […]