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Rubicon IV - Crossing to San Blas Islands, Panama post ; 6




January 30, 2019

Santa Marta, Columbia was beautiful, with mountains near the shore, cool breezes and blue skies. In short, we all enjoyed Santa Marta. We had a tour of the city, and a beach day with a BBQ. We were planning to leave on the 23rd, but, the winds were so strong it would be stupid to go out. Then the next day we were recommended to stay back as the waves were 4 metres and the next day would be 2. So we decided to wait one more day. On the 25th, we left for San Blas, Panama. On the way, our route crossed the outflow of the Magdalena River for 4 or 5 hours. There was a sharp border between the river outflow and the ocean. The ocean was a beautiful sapphire blue, and the outflow was a murky olive-teal. Nothing was overly exciting on the river, but once we crossed into the salt water, flying fish were everywhere! We expect the fish were feeding on the nutrients from the river. In the morning, about a bucket, of them were on our deck. Earlier that night, some even flew into the cockpit! We also caught a tuna and another mahimahi. We had an amazing time in San Blas as the snorkelling was the best we’ve seen for a while.



Catherine

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