Espalmador: the smallest island Prima di lasciare Formentera ci concediamo una sosta al porto di La Savina: sbarchiamo poco oltre la rastrelliera che supports dozens of sit-on-top kayak school (sailing, catamaran sailing and surfing) the place and follow the signs of a fisherman by his beautiful sailing Latin advises us to eat in the bar in the center. It 's a local démodé where Christmas decorations are the only two red streamers attached with tape to the windows of the entrance, we need the best bocadillos the Balearic Islands and the waitress gives us three caraquillos, coffee laced with rum. "We are doing the rounds of the islands by kayak, we say:" Kayak? Lo que es esto? " and when he asks us understand that we are not dressed as scuba divers nor sailors begin to tell the other patrons of the restaurant ...
Taking advantage of good weather, we decided to shorten the stages to paddle until the last day and yet we are surprised that the wind is following us faithful in our tour around the islands there is ever to travel with the wind always at your back for so many consecutive days.
We have completed the circumnavigation of 6 days in Ibiza, Formentera to 4 and so we could afford to explore even the smallest of the islands of the archipelago, s'Espalmador, which together occupy the far far Espardell little close to Freo between the islands.
The last night we have the whole island for us, with its Saracen tower and its white finca: Espalmador is the heart of the marine reserve, which covers the salt of Ibiza and Formentera and extends to the dunes of all coastal islands; fences and wooden walkways to protect the dunes, vegetation and nesting areas and all beaches are very clean and seemed well cared for.
the morning of January 6, as always, we wake up at 6 and we see a sunrise incredibly slow and blood that we enjoy with coffee and hot biscuits and honey for breakfast, until the sun rises in the dunes and urges us to take the sea for the last 20 km to the port of Ibiza: the second most dangerous crossing of the strait of the Mediterranean gives us the opportunity to pass its cardinal signs of beacons, to correct the drift and practice on dead reckoning. Franco finds many similarities with its outputs in the mountains and explains the techniques of orientation are not so dissimilar, as the sea and snow are two different states of the same element, water.
slipping Sailing Club welcomes us after 11 days at sea and the boy's gatehouse opens us hot showers and we shall keep the kayak in custody until the departure of the ferry, scheduled for midnight, a time for us no longer sustainable after many days invariably ended with 20 ... will be a long journey home, with pictures of Pitiuse Islands in the eyes and heart!
Before leaving Formentera we stop at La Savina: landing just beyond the rack that supports dozens of sit-on-top of the local school (sailing, catamaran, surf and kayak).
We want to eat in a fisherman tavern and we find it near the center: it's a démodé pub where the Christmas decorations are two red streamers attached to the windows with a simple tape; we eat there the best bocadillos of the Balearic Islands and the waitress gives us three caraquillos, coffee laced with rum. "We are paddling around the islands by kayak", we say: "Kayak? Lo que es esto?" and when she understand that we are not dressed as scuba divers nor sailors, than begins to tell the story to the other patrons of the restaurant...
Taking advantage of good weather, we decided to shorten the stages to paddle until the last day and we're surprised that the wind is following us faithful in our tour around the islands: this is the first time we paddle with the wind always downwind for many consecutive days.
We have completed the circumnavigation of Ibiza in 6 days, Formentera in 4 and so we could afford to explore even the smallest islands of the archipelago, s'Espalmador, which together with Espardell occupie the little narrow between the islands, called Freo narrow. The last night we have the island all for us, with its Saracen tower and its white finca: Espalmador is the heart of the marine reserve, which covers the salt place of Ibiza and Formentera and the coastal dunes of the both islands; fences and wooden walkways to protect the dunes, the vegetation and the nesting areas and all beaches are very clean and seemed well cared during the year.
On the morning of January 6, as always, we wake up at 6 and we see a sunrise incredibly slow and blood, that we enjoy with hot coffee and biscuits and honey for breakfast, until the last 20 km to the port of Ibiza: the second crossing of the most dangerous narrow of the Mediterranean gives us the opportunity to pass its cardinal signs, to correct the drift and practice on coastal navigation.
Franco finds many similarities with its outputs in the mountains and explains us that the safe technics are not so dissimilar, as the sea and snow are two different states of the same element, the water.
Finally, the slide of the Sailing Club in Eivissa welcomes us after 11 days and the boy's gatehouse opens us hot showers! Above all, he allow us to leave the kayak there until the departure of the ferry, scheduled for midnight, a time for us no longer sustainable, after so many days invariably ended with 20... it will be a long journey to came back home, with the immages of the Pitiuse Islands in the eyes and into the heart!