Tuesday 18 February 2014
So after a brief stop in Portobelo (nothing too exciting to be really honest), we are now in Shelter Bay Marina, in Colon excitedly preparing for our Panama Canal transit. Well not just that, we have to provision for the transit, a few days in the Las Perlas islands, a crossing to Galapagos, 3 weeks…
Saturday 15 February 2014
Another day, and yes, another beautiful island. On arrival, we’d decided that the East Holandes Cays were that beautiful we’d stay put for a whole day. A bunch of islands surrounded by shallow reefs, palm trees gently swinging in the wind, boats dispersed with their owners happily anchored. With the sun going down, a temperature…
Thursday 13 February 2014
A day off in the Coco Bandero Cays of the San Blas islands. After a dinghy ride around the various little islands and a hike around one of them (that’s a 20 minute circumnavigation), we were a little at loose ends on what to do next. These are uninhabited little islands and there is only…
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Snug Harbour, where we had last left off, was certainly feeling like a little bit of paradise to us. With the only other yacht in this big protected area leaving, we had the entire place to ourselves. Well, except for the little old Kuna man who had been dispatched from his village to collect our…
Sunday 9 February 2014
Another early morning departure sneaking out of the reefs to allow us to arrive with the sun in the right spot. 30 nautical miles, 5-6 hours of sailing. Today’s trip required even more navigation attention as there were a few narrow gaps and some underwater reef to avoid. Added to that the wind was shifting…
Sunday 9 February 2014
7am we departed Isla Pinos, waving goodbye to our anchored Panama Coastguard neighbours, and headed off for the island of Achutupu. The reason for an early departure is that you want to be arriving at your destination with the sun overhead or behind you so as to be able to see the reefs and shallow…
Saturday 8 February 2014
After crossing the Caribbean Sea we woke to our new world – peering out of the windows we saw what we had hoped for – an island with palm trees, white beaches. No other yacht, we couldn’t even see the local village. Our guidebook informed us that the San Blas islands are a vast archipelago…