Sunday, February 13, 2011

Provenir;San Blas Islands;Panama

Hi there to all our blog readers
>Well the last two days the weather was great, but trying to go slow
>was a pain. The wind was great and we could easily have cruised at
>7-8 knots, but had to keep it below 4 knots so that we could arrive
>here at daylight. We had a busy last night with tons of shipping
>all heading into the Panama Canal. We chatted to one ship and asked
>how well our lights were from a visibility aspect and he said they
>were good, but did not have us on radar. We fitted new LED lights
>that use 0.1 amps per hour each compared to the old ones that sucked
>almost 2 amps each per hour. This is great as all our navigation
>lights now only use about 12 amps a night rather than 50 amps. We
>arrived at the outside of the islands at about 9 am and were anchored
>off Provenir by 10 am. Had a lovely shower and cleanup and then
>headed to Customs and Immigration. The Kuna people running these
>areas are just lovely and they hardly understand English but they
>sorted out all our paperwork with little fuss. The Kuna Indians are
>very small people and are the shortest race after the pygmy's. The
>women are beautifully dressed in fine hand stitched dresses with
>bead work on their legs and arms. They do not like to be photographed
>and get very upset if you point a camera in their direction. Sandy
>has already been spending money on the "molas" that the women
>sew.... the work is absolutely exquisite and must take absolute
>hours to complete. The people travel in lovely dugout canoes some
>which seem to be very old. Today we have just taken a break and
>visited some friends that arrived the day before us. Tomorrow we
>will go down to another island where the snorkeling is supposed to
>be good. Here will be lots to tell over the next few days and as we
>will be doing it over the radio as internet does not exist here it
>will have to be in small sections. Photos will only be added once we
>get back onto the internet possibly in Colon. Till next time Lots of
>love Colin and Sandy

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