This is about my best pronunciation of the name of the island we went to today. It is a very traditional island with a small population of Kunas. When we landed the dinghies, we were met on the dock by a lady and her family selling bags made of 'mulas', the local appliqué sewing, and beaded bracelets. Whilst we wear the long strings of beads as bracelets, the local woman wear them as leg-wear as well and have very intricate patterns. How they create the patterns is unclear as they are all made in one huge long string, then bound round and round. The beads are also tiny, so threading them at all must be a real struggle. Anyway, once we had parted with our cash, $2 for a bracelet seemed the going rate, we went for a walk round the island. This is probably the most unusual and traditional place I have ever been to. The locals live in huts with thatched rooves, which I am told are very sturdy, even in bad weather. There is little or no furniture in them. The toilet is another hut perched on a platform over the sea, and the cooking is done in a communal village area. All that the huts seem to contain is a hammock or two. There are few material possessions although quite a few now have mobile phones. Obtaining phone and SIM cards seems quite easy, even on such a small island but charging them is quite another issue! There is no electricity in the individual homes, so they all need to use a communal electric point in turn. Boats are often approached by the locals with requests to charge phones!
Unfortunately, as we were out, we seemed to miss the lobster chap, so we had emergency pasta with tinned salmon, a bit of a come down!
Team Seaduced arrive on island
A seafront development!
The huts the Kunas live in have only one room, so there are communal cooking facilities in all villages.
A traditional Kuna hut
The outside toilet - empties straight into the sea!
