http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Panama , Kuna Yala en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:33:59 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:33:59 +0000 We have been looking forward to this trip for a long time The plan was to sail through the San Blas Islands for 3 days then on to Colombia through the open sea for 2 more days. The islands are inhabited by the Kuna an independent indigenous population living only on these islands. Every Island was owned by a family and some of the smaller ones had just one house on them.Our captain was a crazy http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-448449.html Hola todosHier eindelijk een berichtje uit Panama city. Het heeft ff geduurd voordat ik wat kon schrijven maar dat komt omdat ik de afgelopen dagen in de middle of nowhere heb gezeten volledig afgesloten van alle luxe bij een uiterst primitieve stam de Kuna Yala. Hier straks meer over.Panama city.8 september ben ik hier aangekomen en ik werd meteen opgehaald door Rafael een taxichauffeur die http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-437448.html I'm officially two months behind schedule. It's a good thing there are no due dates in this project. Although I'm now home and safe and happily going about my normal student life it is still important to me to finish off this blog and explain the rest of my trip. I want to complete this little project and round out this record.Staying in real time for a moment longer today my first travel col http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-436942.html Well... actually I'm pretty sure I was lost in THE paradise Imagine more then 365 tropical fantasy islands uninhabited islands covered by coconut trees and ringed by white sand beaches with the turquise caribbean water...what more could you possibly want I could spend each day on a different island...imagine just jumping from one island to another for a whole year P A R A D I S E Th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-429835.html July 7th 2009 10am Boarding... time to leave ColumbiaSouth America... if I have not been leaving to the Caribbean I definitely would have decided to stay But I am prepared for some nice relaxing days in the Caribbean Sea and so nothing could prevent me from enjoying a nice trip.Just on the open sea for the first two days surrounded by the about 20m high waves of the blue caribbean waters http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-420788.html Our hostel told us about a boat sailing to Panama a few days past when we had wanted to leave. But they said it would be a bigger boat more comfortable so we thought we would take a look. It had an Austrian Captain. I was wondering what that would be like. I didn't have to wait long to find out. We were not on the dingy more than 30 seconds before his engine died swiftly eliciting the F bomb. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-411963.html We left the Bahamas in late May and headed to Jamaica. We spent a week in Jamaica waiting for good weather for the anticipated crossing to Panama. We eventually got acceptable weather not really enough wind but at least no BAD weather and made the 4 day sail to Panama. We arrived in Panama on June 1 in plenty of time for hurricane season. June 1st is technically the beginning of hurricane se http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/blog-405225.html Nasza przeprawe z Panamy do Kolumbii rozpoczelismy od godzinnego lotu malym samolotem wypelnionym po brzegi miejscowa ludnoscia Kuna Yala. Nim wyladowalismy w Mulatupu samolot mial 5 miedzyladowan na pobliskich wyspach. Mielismy nieszczescie siedziec zaraz za kabina pilota ktory szalal niczym kierowca PKSa po dwoch flaszkach. Gdy wreszcie oglosil miejscowosc do ktorej sie udawalismy nie bardzo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-404976.html After our adventures in Tayrona we made the trip from Taganga all the way back to Cartagena our last substantial bus journey of this 7 month trip. We had already spent 2 days in Cartagena between Medellin and Ciudad Perdida and would spend one more day walking around the historic and romantic streets of Cartagena waiting for our final big adventure sailing across the Caribbean from Colombia http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-391888.html With the South American leg of my trip finished I headed to Panama for a change of scenery and to begin the Central America portion which will eventually lead me back home via Cancun in Mexico. Touch down in Panama City was uneventful and I took a taxi to the hostel Mamallena 11night. Panama city is definitely not a city I would spend much time in. The area the hostel was in was not memorable http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-389987.html On the truck there was a couple from the US they dont seem to be too friendly.. We stopped at a checkpoint and we have to show our passport and all. Then we stopped for breakfast i did not have any the road got rougher going up mountains to get to the Sna Blas archipelago the American dude got sick and we have to stop for him to throw up. Arriving at the port we have to pay 1 to use it We http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-383157.html The Kuma People really don't like to have their photo taken unless you pay them money. Hence why no pictures of them. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-357713.html Crossing the Costa RicaPanama border at Sixaola is one crossing you are unlikely to forget. The two countries are separated by a dodgy bridge with some railway sleepers and plenty of holes between them big enough to fall through...but with our enormous backpacks we were sure we would be fairly safe and wouldn't slip through to the raging river 40 feet below The weather had been consistently bad http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-357433.html Caribbean queen... now we sharing the same thing...and our hearts will beat as one...ooh ooh oohh Well you know how the rest goes and i know you do but anything to do with the caribbean i was singing it ..to myself but nonetheless it was in my heart as im rocking backward and forward and sidewards on our 50ft sailing boat ' Seaddler' The sea eagle. Im sitting on the bow i hope thats the front http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-350498.html The Kuna are an admirable little bunch in that they are one of the few indigenous peoples in the Americas that managed to resist European domination or as often was the case extermination. Their historical tenacity is in sharp contrast to their current peaceful and welcoming nature. But this veneer belies the fact that as recently as 1925 they kicked the Panamanian police of their islands in p http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-315115.html hi to all friends and whanauIts been about two months since we have sent some photos and told you where we are so we wont write to much but there are photos a plenty....Well we spent a few weeks in the Cayman Islands again whilst awaiting the bosses return for a second trip to Cuba.The guests finally showed and we did another 10 day trip around the south side finishing up in Santiago de Cuba.Had http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/blog-309073.html Heeelloo... everyone As you know we are travelling the world ... but we decided to be a season between Panama and Colombia ... San Blas I thought to start this blog for you .... my wonderful crews we have a place to contact make our photos y. .. Also of course inform future crews. We are now promoting the new route between Capurgana and Sapzurro in Colombia and Portobelo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/blog-301590.html Deuxieme essai... J'ai passe une heure a ecrire mon blog l'autre jour et a la seconde ou je pensais 'oh oh je n'ai pas encore sauvegarde faut que je le fasse...' il y a eu un probleme avec la connection et j'ai tout perdu LA HAINE Enfin ca m'apprendra je suppose Je vous ai donc laisses quand je quittais Panama City ce jour la j'ai passe des heures litteralement a essayer de reserver http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-286318.html Thought I'd start up the blog because I wish there had been more info on crossing the Darien with a motorcycle so now I post this because I realize that there are some people who read this blog and well I think it will be useful to future travelers. I will fill in more or less what has ahappened on this trip going backwards since right now I am in a place where I am happy Colombia and that http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-271264.html So like we said there is no road between Colombia and Panama. Also the flights are outrageously expensive. We decided to make our way across the Caribbean to Panama at a more leisurely paceabout 5 MPH to be exact. We originally planned on carefully selecting our captain and vessle for the trip but it didnt quite work out that way. The reality is that the sailboats leave very irregularly an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Kuna-Yala/Archipielago-de-San-Blas/blog-271098.html