Flea Market & Kiting @ Isla Elefante (deu/eng) [pics] 24.-26.2.2012
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9:32.1762N 78:53.7357W LemmonCays,
San Blas, Panama Deutsche
Version weiter unten (German version further below) Isla Elefante is the
first place in the San Blas that offers an internet café, and as far as I know
also the only one! They had just opened it when we were here 2 years ago and we
had had lots of fun at the bar and dancing one night. A German cruiser, his Venzolanian
wife and there Rottweiler dog are permanently installed in this anchorage and
were helping the Kunas to set everything up, including a generator, watermaker,
diesel service and a shuttle service with motorboat and car to Panama City. For Saturday, they
had planned a flea market and we thought it might be nice to catch up and get
rid of a few things. We motored the 2
miles over there and found ourselves with another easily 30 boats! Even though the bar
had happy hour Friday night, most cruisers stayed aboard in the dark and so we
only stayed for a couple of drinks. Turned out to be
very good this way, as the following day, wind was blowing nicely and Michael
found us a good spot to blow up the kites. And turned out to be my most
successful kiting practice ever! First time that I spent more time on the board
than in the water, absolutely thrilling! We just made it in
time for a quick lunch at the boat before the flea market started in the early afternoon.
Unfortunately,
nobody wanted our lovely Cuban cigars, but nice meeting some other cruisers and
chatting. After a siesta we came back for happy hour, BBQ and a little party to
celebrate my success – however, apart from 4 more or less drunken yet
cheerful Dutchmen, there was nobody! At what time do people have dinner here…?! Shame. Whatsoever, turned
out to be good to have another early night as the wind was blowing 20 knots the
following morning. A low is bringing lots of clouds (little rain unfortunately,
urgently need to refill our watertanks…) and lots of rain. Unfortunately,
we had more equipment failure and packed up and moved back to the Eastern
Holandes. Amazed to find the
wind was still up in the afternoon, that Michael could take the little kite
out. `~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~`~~~*~~~ Wann gibt’s
schon mal ‘nen Flohmarkt auf ner Palmeninsel? Da wollten wir unbedingt
hin. Auch ne gute Gelegenheit, um ein paar Cohibas loszuwerden – dachten wir
uns so… Sind 2 sm weiter
westlich nach Isla Elefant zu den Lemmon Cays gefahren (genau, mit Motor), und
fanden uns da in bester Gesellschaft mit mindestens 30 anderen Booten. Leider blieben der
erhoffte Absatz und die Party am Abend aus. Die Cruiser sind schon ein
merkwuerdiges Voelkchen. Sobald’s Dunkel wird (und das ist hier so gg. 19
Uhr) wollen alle zurueck auf ihrem Boot sein. Deswegen fangen wohl auch an
anderen Ankerplaetzen die Happy Hours schon um 15 od. 16 Uhr an… Egal, gefeiert wird
dann ein andermal. Das Gute war immerhin, das wir frueh im Bett waren und
morgens fit fuer den klasse Wind waren. Und ich war ganz aus
dem Haeuschen, weil mein vieles Ueben endlich Fruechte trug, und ich die ersten
wirklich passablen Stunden auf dem Kiteboard verbringen konnte. Ausserdem gab’s
auf Isla Elefante Benzin fuers Dinghy und Guthaben fuer unser Handy/Internet. Und
wir trafen das Gemueseboot! (immer wieder ein Highlight!). Somit hat sich der
kleine Ausflug doch noch mehr als gelohnt!
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