From the bucolic beginning with the water full of floating flowers, through the rapids after the Sil river's dam was left behind to the calm plains of the river's mouth. The fascinating nature began to crack under the noise of the heavy machinery, used to build new highways. Upon smooth slopes, full of vegetation, a new wounds of the "development" started to appear. Suddenly turned up a white mass, the Arnoia's Spa, giving us back to the other reality. The quiet flow of the river was disturbed by the noisy jet-skis close to A Guarda.
In spite of all of this we had a great time. We enjoyed the landscape from the kayak, the cities like Ribadavia and Tuy. In our heads remains the memory of people, the villagers; the beauty emanated from inside. Grateful we left a village with two pieces of bread and two bottles of homemade albariño wine. These fruits of a chance meeting with the inhabitants of the river bank mirrored the human bond through so already wasted link.
But now, after so many years, we do not dare to return. We do not want to be disappointed although we think that one still can be enchanted by the mist that rises from the surface of the river, discovering a new day, the relevance of navigating.
