Was ich hier auf dieser Insel fand übertraf meine Erwartungen voll und ganz. Märchenwälder, unberührte Küsten, verfallene Bunkeranlagen, Kanonen- und Verteidigungsanlagen, Munitionsdepots, rostende Torpedos die einfach so am Wegesrand rumliegen und Einsamkeit per Excellence. Nur an der Südspitze wohnen ein paar Leute die versuchen zu erhalten was noch zu erhalten ist.
Zurück im Hafen und auf meinen gewohnten Platz, sprach ich mit den Leuten von der Küstenwache und dem Zoll mit der Bitte, nach dem ausklarieren doch noch eine Nacht an der Nordspitze von Naissare verbringen zu dürfen, allerdings leider mit einer Absage. Nur eine Stunde dürfe ich mich dort nochmal ausruhen dann muss ich die Insel verlassen. So blieb ich noch zwei Tage hier in der Marina um ruhigeres Wetter abzuwarten, denn ich musste diese Überfahrt machen. Ansonsten hielt mich nicht mehr viel hier, denn alle die ich kannte waren nicht mehr da.
While I was paddling the last couple of days, it came into my mind that it was not the best idea to just transport the boat home to Germany however this should have been done. Instead I liked the new plan to do it the natural way – paddling home. I still had plenty of time, had to be in Munich in mid August for work. The fastest and shortest way would have been the baltic coast and the coast of Poland but then I would miss some of the dream-destinations for paddlers: The Aland Islands of Finnland and the Coast around Stockholm with its thousands of tiny islands off the coast.
So I decided to make this plan real but there was the only problem of crossing the gulf of Finland, not so easy for a beginner. The shortest distance from Estonia to Finland is about 35 kilometers .
To practise paddling the same distance I decided to stop here, stayed one more night on Pedassaar, and went back to Aegna in one piece without going ashore in-between, around 35 kilometers. This can be done, I said to myself, and was quite confident to do this trip even I did not have all the "usual" equipment for doing such a crossing . One more thing I wanted to do before going to Finland, was to hike and experience Naissare again. I landed on the west side of the island one day after I arrived on Aegna. Had to "store" my kayak first underneath bushes and trees before exploring the island. What I saw here exceeded what I expected by far. Enchanted forests , untouched nature and coast, bunkers, munition depots and defense constructions from world war two and loneliness you can not imagine.
Back on my place in the marina I prepared for the crossing. I asked the customs and border patrol if I could stay one night at the northern tip of Naissare after clearing out of the country, but they did not permit. I only was allowed to rest for one hour before I had to leave the island.
I stayed two more days for the weather to calm , because nothing hold me here, since everybody I knew was gone .
Die Bilder sind alle auf Naissare gemacht worden
The pictures are all from Naissare