Pacific Cruise 2010-11
 

January Pictures

Back in Cartagena assessing a jammed sheave/halyard before leaving for Panama

Fortunately a hammer and a screw driver freed the jammed haylard. Wished Mike Pilkington
had been around. 

Small world department...new owners of John Douglass's.. (Newburyport/Merri-Mar/AYC).. Aventura.
Aventura, now Galivant, wished us well on our way to the San Blas. 

Aridup, our first anchorage in the San Blas after our passage from Cartagena. ROLLY. 

Our first view of a Kuna ulu

Stretching our legs

 Aridup resident

Looking toward the Panama mainland from Aridup

Shango and neighbor, Crazy Daisy, behind Aridup

The Panama mainland

Snug Harbor....sounded less rolly

It was...

Aureliano, friendly Kuna fisherman/vendor

A little under canvased

Snug Harbor sunset

Aureliano hard at work

Amy hard at work too

The nearby Kuna village of Playon Chico

Shango behind Mamaraga at Snug Harbor

Our next stop, the island of  El Tigre. Amy with Molas and their makers

Main Street El Tigre

Most every house had a solar panel for their 12 volt needs

Looking toward shore from our El Tigre anchorage

Sabudupored, our next anchorage. Several wonderful days here by ourselves behind the sandbar.

Leaving Sabudupored for Coco Bandero Cays. Our first clear sky view of the mainland in almost a week.

Passing Green Island. Many more cruisers as we head into the most popular sections of the San Blas.

Coco Bandero Cays. Very pretty spot. This 4 mile long reef provides protection for these small offshore islands.

Always terribly sobering when you see a boat washed up on a reef. You can only imagine the events leading to the tragedy.

Our anchorage at Coco Bandero looking out toward the reef.

As always, a Kuna working the shallows.

Coco Bandero was beautiful, but also the first anchorage where we had any significant company.

We dinghied over to a nearby island for some beachcoming

View back to our Coco Bandero anchorage

Beachcombing success

After almost a  month our "fresh vegetables" were coming from cans

The scenery from our cockpit each night made up for the lack of veggies

Another reef anchorage in the Central Hollandes and another tragedy

......And another at Chichame

Chichame also had a recent sailboat grounding.

Chichame was our last San Blas anchorage so Amy was very careful getting through the reef

Chichame.

Last view like this till we get to the Las Perlas Islands on the Pacific side of the canal in 3-4 weeks

Shango reaching down the coast toward Portobello

Mile after mile of empty shores

Reminded us of the north shore of the Dominican Republic

Portobello. All the South American gold and silver left here for Spain.

Second level of the protecting fort.

Morgan was already here

Off to nearest ATM for cash.....one hour bus ride from Portobello.

Busy spot

Back in Portobello with cash in time for soccer game and pre game prayer.

This fellow scored the winning goal

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