Today, the weather was finally good, so we packed up the kayaks and took off for a few hours of paddling to another of many secluded beaches. It was good to be on the water, away from the dust.
One of the many small caves along the coast.
On our way, we played with the seals. They are so funny! They are very curious by nature, and come really close to the kayaks, even touching them, poking their heads out of the water to see what kind of creatures we are, flipping in the air before diving back in the water. And the water is so clear that you can see them under it. The shyer ones look at you this way, through the water.
I have very few pictures of them as we tried to take mainly videos. I had my small point and shoot which I was trying to get neither wet nor salty, and Julio had the camera with submergible plastic thingy.
We broke for lunch and explored a beach. We found all sorts of stuff.
The carcass of a whale, very small, likely a still-born thinks Julio.
It was only about 4 or 5 hours of kayaking in all, and we arrived early at a place that was suitable for camping. As the tides are huge here, most of the beaches we saw on the way were going to be submerged during the night, so we had to be careful about which spot to choose.
This place was great. It provided a protected, flat area for the tents, and plenty of room for cooking. Not to mention superb views of the surrounding area! And for once, the wind calmed down.
While I set up camp, Julio improvised. It turns out that we had not only lost the bag of food that morning, but we had also forgotten to get more bread (as I mentioned, we bought it daily) and more wine and cheese. We had pasta and tuna with crackers, but if we ate that tonight, we'd be left with no lunch for the next morning. So Julio went back to the sea and got us some fresh mussles. We cooked them, then opened them up and mixed them with olive oil and flavoury spices to put on the pasta. It was soooooooooooo goood! Living off the land! (or the sea, in this case). As we had no wine, we drank whisky instead. No, you can't say we suffered much!
The setting sun created beautiful colours on the walls. We later moved the kayaks even further away from the water.
Another amazing sunset!
It was amazingly warm, we could get by with just an extra shirt, a very unusual thing for Patagonia at night. I used my sleeping bag mainly as a mattress than to keep warm.
I have very few pictures of them as we tried to take mainly videos. I had my small point and shoot which I was trying to get neither wet nor salty, and Julio had the camera with submergible plastic thingy.
We broke for lunch and explored a beach. We found all sorts of stuff.
The carcass of a whale, very small, likely a still-born thinks Julio.
It was only about 4 or 5 hours of kayaking in all, and we arrived early at a place that was suitable for camping. As the tides are huge here, most of the beaches we saw on the way were going to be submerged during the night, so we had to be careful about which spot to choose.
This place was great. It provided a protected, flat area for the tents, and plenty of room for cooking. Not to mention superb views of the surrounding area! And for once, the wind calmed down.
While I set up camp, Julio improvised. It turns out that we had not only lost the bag of food that morning, but we had also forgotten to get more bread (as I mentioned, we bought it daily) and more wine and cheese. We had pasta and tuna with crackers, but if we ate that tonight, we'd be left with no lunch for the next morning. So Julio went back to the sea and got us some fresh mussles. We cooked them, then opened them up and mixed them with olive oil and flavoury spices to put on the pasta. It was soooooooooooo goood! Living off the land! (or the sea, in this case). As we had no wine, we drank whisky instead. No, you can't say we suffered much!
The setting sun created beautiful colours on the walls. We later moved the kayaks even further away from the water.
Another amazing sunset!
It was amazingly warm, we could get by with just an extra shirt, a very unusual thing for Patagonia at night. I used my sleeping bag mainly as a mattress than to keep warm.
magnifique, ca donne vraiment envie!
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merci pour ces vacances virtuelles...