Urban Pulse - 2014 (Winter Vignettes)

“Urban Pulse – 2014” is a 79 minute long video diary that brings you the winter vignettes from a relaxing trip to Key West, Florida.
After paddling the spectacular Everglades National Park five winters in a row and while we’ll never give up paddling and sailing our folding tandem kayak, aka the mighty U-Boat, we thought of indulging in the comfort of an outboard motor…
Hop along on a lazy trip and enjoy the various flavors of action, from motor boating in our new inflatable KaBoat, to snorkeling and sky diving. Ride a scooter and stroll with us on Duval Street and through the mysterious passages of Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas.
OK, we spared you our bad singing this time. Well, kind of… :)
Special thanks, for his warm welcoming and hospitality, to Randy at Burdines Marina in Marathon, Florida.

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Bluie East Two - 2014

"Bluie East Two - 2014" is a 151 minute long video diary filmed on our paddling journey on the magical east coast of Greenland.

Although you will continue to relax in the comfort of your favorite couch, this rather long video diary will bring you to each and every step of the endeavor, from the planning stage, to the post-scriptum. You'll be able to share the pain and the joy of the two nomads, their silly bad acting and the victories of solid team work.

This video diary is also a humble tribute to the Esprit de Corps, team work and, above all, to all the men and women in uniform. Are you ready?

Welcome aboard the "U-Boat", a Long Haul Mark II Commando tandem kayak! Please, sing along, because the two nomads sure need a lot of help singing... :)

(completed and published on Veterans Day 2014)
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Echoes of the Eskampaba - 2013

We are a regular couple with full time jobs that keep us far away from the water and the wilderness that we always long for. We have no special training, we are not athletes and we are not seeking any records. We just enjoy being together in nature... Welcome aboard the U-Boat, our Long Haul Mark II Commando folding kayak, for a 86 minute long paddling and sailing journey through the beautiful Everglades National Park. We'll put in Everglades City and take out in Flamingo. Grab the popcorn... :) ...

Enjoy!

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The Gwaii Haanas - 2013

This is the one hour and fifty minutes long video diary of our paddling trip in the magnificent Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site in August 2013. This is not a story about heroic struggles or achievements, but a rather simple love story of a solid team forged over many storms and laughter...

Enjoy!

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The Southern Breeze - 2012

The Southern Breeze - 2012

Welcome aboard our Long Haul Mark II Commando folding kayak aka the U-­‐boat for another healthy session of travelotherapy!

"The Southern Breeze – 2012” will take you along the 56 minute long video diary where you’ll participate in almost every detail of our trip in the Everglades National Park, starting in the Times Square traffic in NYC and ending back on the shore at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center in Everglades City, Florida. All maps courtesy of Google Earth.

Enjoy!

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Letters from the Black Sea - 2012

This is the story of the first Long Haul Mark II Commando folding kayak that went to Europe for a 12 day journey in the Danube Delta and on the Black Sea. The 149 nautical miles adventure takes the Two Nomads from Murighiol in the Danube Delta to the ancient port of Tomis on the Black Sea. Echoing thoughts of the Roman poet Ovid, who was exiled to the ancient port of Tomis, this 76 minute video diary takes you on a ride aboard their kayak... Enjoy!

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or the slideshow

The Maiden Voyage

This is the story of the first 76.4 miles water journey paddling and sailing our new Long Haul Mark II Commando folding kayak in the beautiful and quite challenging Everglades National Park. Enjoy!

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or the slideshow

Driving Botswana

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This is the story of the 3,658 Km long journey from Windhoek, Namibia, to Chobe National Park, in Botswana, Victoria Falls, in Zimbabwe, Nxai Pan and Drotsky's Cave, in Botswana and back to Windhoek.

Although, the journey started on the wrong foot because of a transit visa and ended up being affected by Hurricane Irene, it provided beautiful moments in the wilderness of the Ngamiland-Kalahari, Moremi and Chobe.

There were also joyful moments while bunjee jumping (28:16) at Victoria Falls and whitewater rafting (33:19) on the mighty Zambezi.

A stop at the Boma, in Victoria Falls, and Joe's Beerhouse, in Windhoek, brought quite a bit of fun to the trip..:)

Enjoy!

perpetuum mobile, the video diary

perpetuum mobile, the video diary

feeling like a parcel...

We've done it both ways. We enjoyed the freedom of being independent of any pre-arranged booking, other than the flights, and we tried the ordeal of being treated like a parcel by an organized tour...

In spite of the convenience and arguably peace of mind offered by having all the details scheduled and confirmed, the true sense of freedom is replaced by a constricting feeling of regimentation. Time becomes money to be made by the tour operator and the staff, driver, guide, cook, porter, guard, dive master, etc. They all seem on the clock while I am trying desperately to feel liberated and out of time...