Dream Trip Day 141-145: San Blas Beach Time

Posted On 08/08/2014

Took the 4D3N San Blas Island Tour on speed boat from Panama to Colombia. A few hours on the super bumpy speed boat per day, sleeping on hammocks on beautiful islands, waiting to be fed by two pretty guides. Watching the clear blue sea on the white sand beach.

Laughing with the poor lady being kicked by her friend in the middle of the night because the one next to her snored so loud that her friend thought it was her. Sleeping with a cute kitten that try to grab and scratch anything that moves. What a relaxing luxury!

Besides sunny beaches, we also visited and stayed in the local Kuna's village. They used to sell coconuts and seafood to make a living, and recently due to tourism development, selling of their traditional handicraft also became a main income.

But most of the Kunas had reservation about interacting with foreigners so there is only a few villages that welcomes tourists. Even on this one, many people stayed at a distance observing us and quickly hid back into the house when we looked at them. -- except children.

Whoever you are, they surround those with candies and toys, and those who play ball games with them. It's a beautiful thing to see, laughter and energy without border.

Lazy days on the beach. I gathered an army of starfishes but they dismissed themselves soon.

The favorite fishes was the inflatable ones strapped on top of the speedboat. Wondering if it's provided by the tour company, i overheard the following conversation on the beach: Guy A: "Oh it's so nice to look at those bikini girls playing with the inflatable fish from here." Gut B: "I told you it is worth the ten bucks we spent!"

The boat tour lasted 4D3N and finished at Sapzurro, Colombia. From there you can walk back to La Miel, Panama. So I actually did 'walk' from Central America to South America! Ending the 5.5 months in Mexico and Central America, now (August 2014) the journey starts in South America!