Seekajaktour: Umrundung Irlands im Seekajak 2015

People who are interested – they keep on asking
Other people seemed to be more interested. They were wondering about the kayaks or how
we were dressed. Once we were getting to the point that we were kayaking, they started
asking questions. A typical conversation:
+ how long have you been in Ireland?
- 6 weeks
+ Where did you start?
- In Wicklow
+ Where will you finish?
- In Wicklow. We go the whole way round by Kayak
+ By kayak?
-Yes
+ How long have you been paddling?
- 6 weeks (we said that already)
+ So you are paddling round the coast in the kayak?
- Yes (we said that already)
+ You are circumnavigating the whole way round Ireland?
- Yes
+ Jeeeeesus! and where did you start?
- In Wicklow (we said that already ...)
....
and so on and so on.
It seems ridiculous, but it seemed that kayaking round Ireland is so far beyond their normal
ways of thinking that, they ended up asking almost the same questions several times till
they really understood what we were doing. It was quite difficult for them to understand the
actual situation we were in: so these kind of talks happened either, when we just landed and
simply wanted to pitch up the tent or change into dry clothes or when we just wanted to
leave to catch the tide. Sometimes I felt like an animal in the zoo being watched, but the
people were just fascinated and kept on asking. Sometimes they even started following us
on Facebook and became understanding.
So with these kind of people we were never sure wether they asked out of real interest or
simple curiosity.
© Christian Dingenotto 2015
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