San Blas Islands
The following photo essay presents our travel through the Guna Yala (San Blas Islands).
Mostly in the islands we sailed with a Yankee jib
One Road in and One road out
A Full Van.
The land port Carti for transport to Panama City
Carti central port to the islands from land
Steps cut in the river bank
Kuna travel to their farms from villages on the islands
Two farms must be near each other
Justinos family enjoying dinner aboard
Anchorage in the East Lemons
Beyond the reef Steve great shot provided dinner
One nice shot secured dinner
A weekly market boat arrives
Our vegetable purchase from the mobile market
Lisa ran some local tours of Kuna life
Wendy jungle hiking
Lisas family burial grounds
Certain trees provide the right wood for making an Ulu
Red Panamanian Flower
Flower is actually called HotLips
Purple Pansie
I believe a Panamian Orchid
Motoring east into the trades on a calm day
Three Kuna children making a basketball team
A sunset at Cocos Banderos
Kuna girls just wanna have fun
Lobsters for dinner near the Hot Tub
In villages Pigs were in Pens
Village Chiefs had a front row view
Passing on their cultural story
The Kuna story of their suffering
Young Kuna women enjoying the play
Kuna school children watching the play
Kuna girl enjoying the play
Kuna children love getting in the picture
Using an adz to shape the inside of an Ulu
An almost finish; brand new, Ulu
Inter island village Volleyball competition
Sparkling clean Kuna neighborhood
A couple of days a week here is a flight that arrives here
A view of Snug Harbor from the beach
Me and my best friend
Look at my pet Squirrel
I have a 100 molas for sale
A beautiful Mola
Mola close up
Vinancio Master Mola Maker
An off the grid Cabana in the San Blas
Davids family on Isla Pinos
Wendy David and Dave
Kuna father and his two children
My head in an attic
Dave, David, and Larry
The partially new home of Davids Aunt
David is removing the bark from a wall post
Trash from the Caribbean ends up on a Panama beach
Cell tower at the top of Isla Pinos
Village water supply is divided for half village every day
Village chief on Isla Pinos
David climbing a tree to collect the fruit
David counting his fruit
Hike to the Kuna farm
Fence identifing various Kuna farmland
Building a Kuna Home
A Columbian boat collects fruit for market.
Dave removing bark from a post used in the Kuna home
Kuna Home framed up
David tying the top beams togeather
Kuna roofing material
Boat on a reef
Kuna children love having their picture taken
Bathing in Kuna land is a simple process
Cooking in a Kuna Home
Library in a larger Kuna Village
The simple life of shower curtain sails
A Macaw pet in the San Blas
River mouth by Ustupu Guna Yala
Dinghy ride up the river at Ustupu Panama
Restroom for the school in Ustuput Panama
Waterfront in Ustupu Panama
Lunch with out cruising group and the former Village Chief
The men taking care of their Finka (farm) in Ustupu
No Mining here
Two lovely sales girls in Ustupu
An Ulu is not only the family truck but the family car
Cruiser Marg dressed in Kuna clothing
The path between two Kuna villages
River trip at Ustupu Panama
Ulu parked at the finka
Satelite dish at Ustupu School
School classroom blackboard
Young Kuna Male
Up anchor, Wendy mans the helm