Finding dry land

There are pockets of high ground in the totoral, but because they are swampy and covered with reeds, it is impossible to pitch a tent.

The narrow shoreline between the totoral and dry land is a skanky beach where animals graze and boats sit abandoned in the mud. Once we had pushed our kayak as far we could through the muddy shallows, we squelched knee deep in oozing muck up to dry land with our gear. We washed off with our precious drinking water afterwards.