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Firefly - Another blissful anchorage



There appears to be no end to the number of fantastic anchorages here: yesterday we sailed East for 10 miles to Coco Bandero Cay and found a very sheltered spot and took the dinghy to a small island on the reef nicknamed 2 Palm Cay (because it was just large enough to have two palms growing on it) and spent a couple of hours snorkeling through a colorful collection of corals and tropical fish.

Also there appears to be no end to the courage and resourcefulness of the Kuna, at every anchorage we meet up with the same people selling lobsters, Molas or fruit. They will have traveled from the mainland each day in their hand crafted ( and not always that seaworthy) craft.

Today we sailed the short distance to Green Island (because its slightly greener than it's neighbors). The island is large enough for a walk so we have been stretching our legs and meeting fellow sailors. Some with different timetables to ours: one couple Roger and Jackie from Maine have been on their round the world trip since 2001 and are in no hurry to get home. They have been in the San Blas since May and don't have a fridge. they are determined to do the trip slow, They showed a lot of interest in our trip but their pace was more their style.

Tomorrow we head back West towards Panama proper, with a last night in the San Blas then a stop along the coast (probably Isla Linton ) and then to Shelter Bay Marina where we prepare for our passage through the canal. On the 30th January we go through the Panama Canal from about 4.00PM local time so 21.00 UTC. There is a web cam on each set of locks . You will be able to see us go through the first set of locks; called Gatun lock (www.pancanal.com) . Once through the first set we anchor overnight then go down the next run into the Pacific the following morning. All very exciting.

Paul , Susie , Peter and Grateful (still no parrots other than the ones on the Molas)

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