San Blas and towards the Panama Canal
Eowyn
Thu 21 Jan 2010 21:25
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Éowyn is anchored of
Islay Linton in Panama in position 9:36.790 N
79:35.240W
Since the last posting we have
been cruising the Western San Blas Islands. The next post will be by Broadband
and will include a large photo update.
We have now seen 3 distinct
type of Island, the archetypal desert island with a few palm trees, a coral reef
and maybe one or two families living there, the small very crowded inhabited
islands with folk in traditional dress living in basic huts and the mangrove
islands close to the mainland. At one of these we were kindly invited to
supper aboard "Bristol Rose" an Australian Shannon 43. We had delicious curried
wahoo, evidence that the were rather more successful than us at
fishing
Yesterday, the 20th, we
started to make our way along the coast to Colon. We have stopped at Isla Linton
which is a very sheltered anchorage close to a couple of poor Panamanian
villages. Life is fascinating here and we decided to stay a second night. We
also made a long dinghy passage through the mangroves - totally unspoilt. We
have just had our first Panamanian dining experience - Creole octopus in a
"restaurant" run by an ex-pat Dutchman.
Early tomorrow, we set off for
the 30 mile passage to Shelter Bay marina where we have an appointment with the
sailmaker.
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