Portobello

Kahia
Paul and Catherine Davis
Sun 4 Mar 2012 20:22

 

 

9:33.48N 79:40.02W

The anchorage off the ruins of San Fernando Fort was very pleasant while the walk through the town was a real eye-opener for the poverty in Colon province with vultures at street corners.

 

 

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Paul reliving the time of Sir Francis Drake (1570 and 1590), who was buried at sea near what is now called Drake Island and Captain Henry Morgan (1668)

 

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Mornings and evenings the bay is filled with the sound of howler monkeys, which makes them sound enormous…

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Old US schoolbuses recommissioned and heavily used by private owners driving sometimes like mad to pick up travelers at the next stop, even when all seats are used up…

 

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View from Captain Jack’s Bar and Hostel. Here we had our first internet access for nearly a month (since Aruba!)