Day 48: From Lom to Orjachowo – 63.1 km – 8 hours – 14,184 paddle strokes – Total kilometres covered: 1,781.8 km

05/09/2017. Right from the earliest stages of their evolution people have been drawn to water. They settled at rivers, lakes, and seas. The water provided them with something to drink, and to eat; it watered their livestock, enabled farming, and ground grain. It is the ultimate lifeline, and it's [...]

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Day 47: From Vidin to Lom – 49.0 km – 6 hours 30 minutes – 11,408 paddle strokes – Total kilometres covered: 1,718.7 km

04/09/2017. If we think about Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and the rest of the Balkans, regions that Pascal has been paddling through for weeks, then you can't avoid one particular topic, the treatment of the Sinti and Roma. Headlines on the topic are generally thought-provoking or sad. And somehow we [...]

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