Archives for January 2007
Panama, Colon and Panama Canal – Jan 2007
We had good wind all the way from Porvenir in the San Blas Islands to Colon, athough as we knew, we would arrive at Colon in the dark. The wind and sea were pelting us downwind by the time we got in sight of Colon harbour, it was a worry keeping the sails up into the harbour, [...]
Panama, San Blas Islands – Jan 2007
The San Blas Islands are technically part of Panama. However in fact the islands and a good portion of the neighbouring mainland are owned and governed by the Kuna Indians, a old race who have what is regarded as the best surviving traditional culture in the whole of the Americas. In practice the entire territory [...]