Schematic Drawing Of Cancer

Arrival in Panama and San Blas

To get to Panama, we needed to fly in 3 different planes a total of 21 hours over New York and Aruba. In addition, we arrive at Delhi Airport 15 hours prior to departure of the aircraft, why? Because the plane was leaving at 10.50 PM, not AM as we assumed we. The information desk of the airport even laugh at the face of Panolis that we stay when we said this. But an ill wind that blows no good, we spent 12 hours in the cafeteria reading and connected to Internet ...
Arriving in N. York was quite shocking because it came from a country that goes hungry and where most people are very thin and suddenly come to USA, where the thinnest not fit in a standard chair. The airport was a parade of obese, many have difficulty walking, waiting in line to buy a hamburger or potatoes or the like at various fast food at the airport at 7 am. Real Breakfast atrocities. I on the flight I finished reading a book entitled "Fat and Hungry Planet" by Luis Sebastian (I recommend) and I saw in less than a day the most hungry and the fattest in the world. The book I had already penetrated deep, but after living these contrasts even more. I'm still somewhat in shock.
arrived at the airport of Panama in the afternoon and we got on a bus to the center of the city that left us stranded in the middle of nowhere because it broke down, so we had to take a taxi because apparently the area was not very safe so we did it very quickly. We reached our first hostel for backpackers in Central America and then we realized that this is not Asia. Prices here are much more expensive than in India and Nepal. Pay $ 24 to sleep at night when in India we paid about $ 5 per night. It's cheaper than Europe, but much more expensive than Asia. So we have to tighten their belts if we eat at Christmas nougat.
After two nights at the hostel, we caught up with Dani and Ana, friends of other friends who have welcomed us into his house and we have taken care of luxury. We have been 3 nights at home and we have visited Panama with tranquility. The city itself has little good to my taste, although they say it is the best capital of Central America. We especially liked the old city and the Panama Canal. Little did we know that the channel out a work so magnificent and so important. Soon celebrate its centenary and are now starting a piece of enlargement. The best of these 3 days was to be with Dani, Hannah, Olivia, and Benjamin Joaquín. Although we met here, we felt at home. Things like making a snack in the paddling pool, a gin and tonic before dinner, a good desktop and home cooking, make you come home at times. Are details that you forget when you travel and when you return to live them, you realize how well we live at 'home' ...
still with some jetlag, we went to spend some days in the islands of San Blas. This little paradise is located in Caribbean coastal region of indigenous KunaYala and have an archipelago of nearly 400 small islands paradise. To get there, we went on a 4x4 across jungle and a huge river. Very authentic! For more adventure and punctured a wheel while arranged, hear the sounds of the forest, toucans and spider Ursula huge for joy. Then we took a little boat to get to our little island. We stayed in Isla Carti, a micro island where he lives an indigenous community of some 500 people and from there we visited several islands and small beaches like Dog Island, Hook Island and Isla Iguana. The first two days we have shared with 3 islands @ s Catalans trip and a pair of valence and the last day we were alone and we left on an island enanana, it entirely to ourselves. BRUTAL. Clear water, sand beach finite Palmerita coconuts, a pair of goggles for diving, a book, and I uschi. The only problem is that we ran out of sunscreen and the nearest store is 3 hours so long we have taken refuge in the shadow of Palmerita careful that we do not crush a coconut suicide bomber.
The natives of this area have enough political autonomy. Despite being a region of Panama, have their own laws and powers and are very organized. The women still wear their traditional clothes, like hundreds of years and most do not speak English. They live in bamboo huts and palm trees, sleeping in hammocks and feed primarily on fish and fruit, even if you begin to see Western influence in their habits. Speaking with one of them, he explained that most Indians do not want to get tourism to their islands, although it seems that there is no turning back, because they are beginning to exploit the area and we have read about various projects that are in place to encourage tourism.
Tomorrow we'll go to the Darien region, exploring the rainforest and its Natural Park and probably go through there for a week. Apparently it is a little tourist area for its poor infrastructure but unique spots in the world and animals and insects of all kinds, even more variety than in the Amazon. I told you! We leave
HERE some pics of these days!
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Uschi and Robert

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