Panama "09:33.46N 78:56.99W"
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Wed 15 Feb 2012 18:29
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'Vulcan Spirit' has arrived safely at El Porvenir,
gateway to the San Blas archipelago, and is now rocking gently at anchor in 10m
of clear blue water behind this tiny islet upon which there is space, just, for
immigration officials, a tiny army post (goodness knows why), and a small sandy
runway from which one used to be able to fly to Panama City (but not at the
moment because it's being rebuilt by a JCB).
Here is almost the whole island - all that's
missing on the right is the end of the runway. Army, navigation authority and
immigration are in the buildings to left of centre, while the white building to
right of centre is the airstrip control tower. And that's it.
 Here is a closer view of one end. On the left is
'hotel' (in reality some simple bunk rooms) and on the right the Kuna indians'
museum - the San Blas islands are a totally autonomous part of Panama, run by
the Kuna for themselves. More on that in another blog posting - it's
a fascinating story.
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