I think the first stages of madness are setting in!

Today started well as we passed the kit inspection & got our passports stamped by the police so we can kayak across the Chile/ Argentine border. Just when we thought we were ready

to leave we were told that we don’t have permission to start kayaking until the Armada (navy) considers the weather forecast is good enough. There is a force 4/5 headwind which is due to increase so we probably wouldn’t have gone anyway but it’s day 11 and we’re anxious to get going soon. It would be nice to be able to make the judgement and decision about when we launch ourselves so we could react quickly & jump on the water if the wind drops or swings round to be  more behind us. The first stretch of coast has lots of landing options and is very close to a road so we could get off the water quickly if we wanted or needed to.

I shouldn’t really be surprised at this decision as it’s becoming a pattern that just when you think all the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed, it turns out that the j’s need to be dotted aswell!

I’m mostly succeeding in seeing this as all part of the adventure, but we would both like to get kayaking pretty soon. Tomorrow may be too windy aswell, but we’ll see.

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