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Published: June 21st 2011
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I left Panama-city in the early morning by public bus, which is always a bit of an adventure, towards Colon.
There I had to find a connection to the little port-town of Puerto Lindo, which(with the help of a local fellah, people are really enormously friendly at times. If people back at home would be this friendly I would be suspicious of them :/ sad huh :'0 …) went surprisingly easy.
So little time later I found myself having lunch by the beach, in a small town in Panama overlooking a gorgeous little bay filled with sailboats.... now which one will I be embarking on... ?
I was supposed to wait here for my c'ptn, and so I did.
Now while in Panama-city I got a list of boats which were available for doing this trip(this is a popular method to move from central to south America) and most of them were owned by Europeans and some Americans, which didn't excite me a whole lot for some reason.
But there was one which was a bit cheaper than all the rest but didn't have any info or pictures with it, all they knew was that it was owned by a
Lunch
Straight from the sea in to the pot ;) Colombian dude and was the next boat to leave, which made it the perfect boat for me 😊
I met the captain in the hostel the day before we left, he ensured me the food would be good, he had snorkel gear and the boat would make it all the way to Cartagena(which was pretty much all I was worried about).
While I was down to my fifth beer the captain arrived together with his 'marinero' and the other two people would be on the boat for this trip.
They were a Mexican couple, travelling for an indefinite time.
Although they might head back for a little while as he is an artist an someone supposedly offered 5.000USD if he would make her a painting, which they felt was a reasonable amount... :x
Anyway, the four of them made a more than fun enough group of people to set sail with.
As it turns out sailing on a little boat across open seas is a lotta fun, unless you want to eat, drink, sit still, sleep, read a book, wash, go to the toilet or walk around.
Basically all you can do while sailing is either steer the
boat or hold on for dear life 😊
The next morning we arrived at our first of many San Blas islands and were immediately greeted by the local Kunu family.
There are like a hundred(I have no idea really but I think there actually are or perhaps even more) little islands in this archipelago and each one is pretty enough to make you wanna stay there for a couple of years, living off of coconuts and lobster(which live abundantly in these waters... the lobsters, the coconuts grow on palmtrees).
...That feeling lasts about 5minutes though, that's how long it takes to walk all the way around one and realize that you might get bored here sooner or later 😉 (plus opening coconuts is not as easy as you think)
Anyway this was another really cool place on our big planet(don't believe the internet, it's not small at all) and offered some wonderful spots to do some snorkelling while we were there.
After 2full days of lazying around on these islands we were ready to make our way over the bit of open sea that separated us from South America.
Sailing across open sea turned out to be less troublesome
Ladies
Try to resist ;D as it did the first day, the sea was calmer, which meant that sleeping and other activities were possible.
As a result of this trip I currently find myself in the port-city of Cartagena(which we didn't sack, apparently a 9m boat(which didn't even have canons -.-'😉 with 4men and 1woman are not enough..), which is a nice city with a lovely little historical old town and a nice vibe.
In a day or so I will make my way up north to the town of Santa Marta( Simon Bolivar spent his final days here :o), from where I will attempt to do a 6day hike to and from el ciudad perdido.
I will obviously explain what that is... in the next entry.
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strong bussy peter !!!
ja peter ... da is me men reisje toch za! hoe was u spaanse les eigenlijk meegevallen? gade ook nog buiten Z-Amerika gaan? kvind het blog nog steeds geweldig om te volgen , alleen moet ge eens wa mooie plaatselijke vrouwelijke fauna met een minimum aan textiel er op zetten , ipv roodgebakken vanmuysen :-)