It had been a quite windy night, and it was still quite windy in the morning, so there where comeing a little waves in on the cliffs, so we had to look a little to find the best way to get out, Oskar and Sigurd found a little crack in the cliff, that they glided down into the water, Eeva took a more calm way, with her glass-fiber kayak. the wind had changed over night and was now comeing from south-southwest, so it was halfway in the back, which made it nice and easy to paddle, it allways feel very easy to paddle with the wind, after a couple of days against it. we made good speed and got the the turning point, where we started to go straight north into Virolathi, the bay outside Virojoki Kyrkby, once we turned to the north, we got the wind straight in the back, and got a strange feeling that the trip waS over soon, but it was still nice paddling and funny to be able to look into Russia. we worked our way into the river, and Sigurds mom was supposed to stand where the river starts, and wave welcome, but because of difficulties in the communication, we missed her. we paddled on into the river, untill we came to a little motor-boat marina, where Eevas dad was waiting, and showed us where we could get ashore. we started to pack out, and once Sigurds mom was there, we opened a bottle of champange and smoked a cigar, to celebrate a good and succesfull trip. we packed out the rest of the stuff and packed the car, and drove to Helsinki, to start to rest and recover from the trip.
Distance: Nuokko - Virojoki Kyrkby (motorboat marina) ( 42 km)
Wind: 7-11 m/s from S to SW
Waves: 0.2 - 0.8 M
TOTAL DISTANCE: 1341 km
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