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Next day I woke up at 08:30 hrs. A bit cold, but after the breakfast I jumped into the kayak and paddled out of the shadow from the steep mountains. Another day with clear blue sky, an no wind. Started at 10:00 hrs, and crossed the fjord to Marifjøra. Here I surprised two seals, and they followed me several kilometres towards Solvorn. Their heads came up around the kayak now and then. Just before Solvorn, I crossed the fjord towards Urnes. Here lies Norways oldest Stave Church, and that was a good excuse to have a break from the paddling. Until now, they believed the church was build between year 1150 and 1200, but the latest samples from the wood show that it probably was build 50 to 60 years earlier. Around 13:00 hrs the trip continued, again I crossed the fjord and paddled along the west side of the Lustrafjord.
Passed a waterfall where I brushed my teeth before continuing out the Lustrafjord towards Årdalsfjord and Kaupanger. Here I met many small whales (porpoise), the closest one was probably only 15-20 metres away from the kayak. Luckily, they did not want to play with a small yellow Sea kayak! Just before I came to Mannheller, some seagulls and an eagle had a fight. The eagle probably tried to escape with a fish.
At 18:00 hrs I arrived at Kaupanger, tired after 5 hours in the kayak without break. Here I met another kayak enthusiast with a selfmade Greenland kayak. My kayak was left in Kaupanger and I took the bus to Sogndal and further back to Skjolden where I picked up the car.
