Imediately, even technically before we set
foot on land, the San Blas was very welcoming. A friendly Kuna man tied up out
dinghies for us and welcomed us. He was just getting to his boat, no other
reason but to be nice. We a
Walked to the Port Captain’s office, which
was a government building for all government gaents and the military was busy
renovating it. We also were greeted while at anchor by a couple military boats,
really friendly waves as they drove by. I digress, the Port Captain saw our
Zarpes and said, “you’re good”, and sent us to the Kuna official. There we paid
$20 plus $2 per person, and we asked about a courtesy flag, but she said it
wasn’t important. Dollars saved for Kuna molas or fisherman. John and Allina
needed to look into getting a phone, so we motored over to the island with the
town on it.
On our way over a Kuna and his wife waved
us over. He was wearing a shirt from the mega yacht we worked on. Apparently
Lawrence had worked on it too. He
jumped into our dinghy and we towed his wife over to the island and he showed
us the store. Then Lawrence provided to be an excellent translator for John and
Allina. What a guy.
The Kuna are very proud and happy about
their community and culture. It is obvious. The kids were playing and making
faces at Jennie and I and they seemed less put off by foreigners than in Bocas.
A very cool vibe.
We then headed to the Lemon Keys. We went
snorkelling behind the boat and it was awesome. I saw a small lobster and fish
of all shapes and sizes. The water went from 4 to 6 feet and dropped off very
quickly to well over 50 ft. A remora tried to latch on to Jennie, she decided
to get out of the water, and I snorkelled over the drop off to find a school of
bonita tuna swimming around me. Seriously bad ass snorkelling.
2 comments:
My boyfriend, two dogs and I are getting ready to set sail throughout the Caribbean ourselves. We're also of the mindset that you don't need to wait until you're retired to sail the world. I'm loving reading your adventures as they are getting me excited for what is to come for us soon!
Awesome stuff. It is trickier managing to cruise financially without a pension, but you know you can always go back to work if you are broke. Having the dogs on the boat is awesome, they are a great asset especially in the western Carribean. We met another young cruising couple who have a dog and just bought a boat, there is a sharp learning curve so ask lots of questions and more importantly read and research so you can understand who is just BSing you and who knows a thing or two. Good luck!
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