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Lovely Sailing |
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Carina under sail between Isla Cebáco and Ensenada Naranjo, Pacific western Panamá, February 2006 (Alaskason photo).
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Isolated Rocky Islands
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Alkahest motoring near Isla Parida, Panamá (Mira photograph). |
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Tropical Winter Olympics??? |
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Cruisers gathered at Isla Parida, Panamá for the (first annual?) Tropical Winter Olympics organized by Jay and Danica of Alkahest (Mira photograph).
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Ice Skating? |
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Danica, of Alkahest, demonstrates ice skating techniques at the Tropical Winter Olympics, Isla Parida, Panamá, 2006. |
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Bahía Honda
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Landlocked Bahía Honda provides a quiet anchorage for Carina during winter northerly winds. |
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Niños in Cayucos Came Visiting |
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Niños in cayuco watch intently as Carina lifts anchor near mansion, Bahia Honda, Panamá
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Bahía Honda's Patriarch |
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Domingo, a finca owner in Bahía Honda, Panamá transports Carina's water jug to his well using his vintage cayuco.
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Cayuco vs. Dinghy
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Bacio, Carina's lanchita, resting near Domingo's cayuco, Bahía Honda, Panamá. |
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Parque Naciónal Isla Coiba
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Leslie hiking amongst the rocks at low tide, Ensenada Santa Cruz, Isla Coiba, Panamá. |
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Ensenada Santa Cruz |
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Carina anchored near reef at Ensenada Santa Cruz, Isla Coiba, Panamá. |
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White Sand & Blue Water
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Philip enjoying pure white sand of beach at Isla Coiba, Panamá. |
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Songline |
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Island Packet, Songline with Barbara and John aboard, anchored near Granita de Oro, Parque Nacional Isla Coiba, Panamá. |
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Isolated Beauty
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Looking north from Ensenada Santa Cruz, Isla Coiba, Panamá. |
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Pleasant Interesting Visitor
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Officer Peñalba of the Panamanian Policia Nacional visited Carina at Ensenada Cativito (aka Puerto Escondido), Panamá. |
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Hard Working Public Servants |
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Officer Peñalba returned later with comrades for refreshments and photos. |
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PLANTAINS!
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Philip struggles with proceeds from trading with campesinos in Ensenada Cativito, Panamá. |
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Condos Coming Soon... |
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Pristine isolated Ensenada Muerto, Panamá may soon be home to development. |
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Food Exchange |
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Vessel Paradiso with Dana and Judy aboard approach Carina for food exchange, Isla San Jose, Perlas Islands, Panamá. |
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Isla Contadora |
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Paradiso anchored at the "nude beach" Isla Contadora, Perlas Islands, Panamá. is dwarfed by the island's supply boats, |
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Spring Happens in Islas Las Perlas
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Resort and village on tiny Isla Contadora, Perlas Islands, Panamá begins to bloom, March 2006. |
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New Passage Transits Canal |
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Rick (She Wolf) and Philip watch as New Passage travels under the Puenta de Las Americas to begin transiting the Panamá Canal northbound. |
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Miraflores Locks...first going North |
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Bob of New Passage watches while gate in Miraflores Locks, Panamá Canal, refuses to close. |
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Gatun Lake
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Bob and Cheryl Ray's New Passage spent the night in Gatun Lake tied to this enormous spongy rubber mooring. |
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Gatun Locks...Almost the Atlantic |
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Leslie and Philip linehandling aboard New Passage in the Gatun Locks, Panamá Canal, April 2006. |
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Squished into Gatun Locks
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A car carrier looms large behind New Passage in the Gatun Locks |
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Alkahest Transiting |
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On March 1, 2007 we line handled for good friends Jay and Danica aboard Alkahest who were relocating to the Chesapeake Bay area (Alkahest photo). |
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Human Mules |
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Big ships are controlled by mechanical mules on tracks; small boats like Alkahest are attended to by humans who have a dangerous job (Alkahest photo). |
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Balboa Yacht Club yard |
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Crew Yanito and Chico help celebrate the completion of work on Carina, Balboa Yacht Club, Balboa Panama, April 2006. |
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Maintenance Never Ends
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Carina sits on tidal railway at Balboa Yacht Club Panamá receiving a touch up to her paint. |
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Rio Chagres
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To visit the Emberá Drua Village on the Rio Chagres we were met by villagers and their cayucos at an isolated landing. |
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Young Embera Guides |
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Ronaldo, a young, fit Emberá Drua man stood on the cayuco bow and directed the pilot in sing song whistles or pushed as required. |
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Sometimes the River Got Shallow
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Traveling up the Rio Chagres to the Emberá Drua village required occasional help from Dwight (Mira), Frank (Windsong) and Philip. |
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Introduction to EmberaDrua Village |
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After disembarking at the Emberá Drua village, a spokesman (and grandson of village founder) gave us a presentation. |
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Open, Raised Floor Homes |
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The Emberá Drua village sits high above a bend in the Rio Chagres on what has become national park land. |
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World Famous Baskets |
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Emberá Drua women collect, dye and construct baskets from palms. |
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Patience and Skill |
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An Emberá Drua (Darien) basket may take a woman (like Andrea) a month to complete. |
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Raw Materials |
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Woman wearing traditional (non-permanent) tatoos signifying her availability to couple, explains how baskets are made. |
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Beautiful and Functional |
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Darien baskets are composed of different materials derived from palms, dyed naturally and the woven into intricate and dense functional baskets. |
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Adornment |
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Andrea, an Emberá Drua woman, poses wearing an elaborate bead necklace worn for the benefit of visitors. |
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Joyous Music and Dancing |
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Emberá Drua villagers dance with joy to traditional instruments, despite the blazing sun and humidity. |
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Innocence and Charm |
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Emberá Drua infant girl tries to entice Leslie into reaching a tame parakeet for her. |
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Medicine Man |
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The eighty four year old village medicine man surges ahead as we hike to into the jungle to view medicinal plants. |
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Natural Materials
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An Emberá Drua medicine man shows us one of the palms used to make baskets by his people. |
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Representations of Prosperity
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This Emberá Drua child shows off her coin necklace that represents the wealth of her family. |
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Contact with the Outside World |
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An incongruous satellite telephone booth sits in the Emberá Drua village, installed by the Panamá Canal for river height reports (Windsong photo). |
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Lunch |
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Dwight of vessel Mira, helps himself to almuerzo offered by our Emberá Drua hosts. |
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Natural Foods
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Philip enjoys a lunch of fish and plantains prepared on a wood fire built in low box of sand on a raised floor palm cooking hut. |
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Wash Basin |
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An intricately carved tortuga basin is presented to our party for cleansing our hands after eating our lunch of fried fish and plantains. |
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Beautiful People |
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Emberá Drua beauty and her infant child. |
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Just Visiting is a Learning Experience |
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We were thrilled to spend time with Andrea and her small son simply visiting. |
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Youthful Innocence |
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Andrea's young son is curious about the visitors to his village. |
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Taboga Village
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The village at Isla Taboga near Panamá City hugs the hillside of the tiny mountainous island. |
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Isla de Flores |
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Isla Taboga is known for its abundant flowers. |
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Gauguin Was Here |
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Isla Taboga hosted a yellow fever sanitorium during canal construction. This historic building suggests the painter Gauguin was a patient. |
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Pliño |
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Isla Otoque in the Golfo de Panamá sees few visitors. Pliñio appointed himself our guide to this tiny island of two villages. |
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Otoque Oriental |
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A long hot hike over the island brought us to Otoque Oriental where fishing pangas were idle for the two day fiesta de Fatima. |
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Estudiante |
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Otoque Oriental, a village of approx. 200 people, hosts the only escuela on Isla Otoque. |
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Tightly Packed Homes |
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Tiny ways designed for walking separate neat, tightly spaced homes in Isla Otoque. |
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