Impressions of Linton and San Blas with the kids

Jana arrived!!! Yipppeeeee She arrived late December 8th. Poor kid had to work the very next day a first stroll around Linton heading to Portobelo by bus the church at Portobelo, Iglesia de San Felipe was it still in use? posing at the ruins of Portobelo the bay of Portobelo the two at the fortification …

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Impressions of San Blas

Island hopping from Achutupo. (11.11.22-7.12.22) A day at Mono Island, at San Ignacio de Tulipe and then 3 days at Aridup before heading to Nargana and reaching Green Island and the surrounding islands... the entrance of Mono Island Altimate still alone at Mono Island later Ruffian joined us; some Gunas were trying to sell some …

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Island hopping in Guna Yala

November 10 - December 31, 2022; 9596 nm and 1381 days after departure from La Rochelle. Well, after leaving the nice village of Achutupu we headed further west. We stopped at several small islands with names like Mono island, San Ignacio de Tupile or Anidup. In Anidup we anchored directly next to a beautiful reef. …

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Impressions of Panamá

Arriving at Obaldía the most eastern village at the Atlantic side of Panamá Right at the border to Colombia. Here in Obaldía we checked in and were welcomed by friendly military officers. They control the border area, drug cartels are still busy in Colombia. Puerto Obaldía is the smallest and easternmost of the four corregimientos …

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Impressions of Cartagena II

Off to Cholon for some lazy time but first some shopping ... and Ruffians farewell gathering reaching Cholon what a beautiful place after month in a marina it was soooo nice so calm and quiet and the funny water bar at the entrance of the mangrove bay https://videopress.com/v/wksEwxlx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true That's how a happy co skipper acts …

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Impressions of Medellín & Guatapé

Medellín was definitely a cool place to be. A huge and busy city situated nicely in a picturesque valley 1500m high in the Andes. It provides a perfect temperature the whole year through. Sunny and hot in the day and comfortably cooler at night, so very different to Santa Marta's humid heat. And with its recent …

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