(MSN Travel) Beads of saltwater speckle our faces as we carve a foaming path through the Caribbean. Yet while the scenery that unfolds around us - necklaces of tiny, white sandy islands surrounded by coronas of clear, aquamarine water - is similar to other places on the planet, none of Panama's San Blas islands bear any telltale marks of having been pimped out to a hotel … [Read more...]
Taking the pirates’ route from Colombia to the San Blas Islands
Lee Tamplin(WSJ.com) FAIR ISLES Lounging in the San Blas shallows At half-past nine in the morning the San Blas Islands, clustered off the coast of Panama, almost shine like found gems. Like lost doubloons. Like Caribbean treasure. We've been out to sea for three days, and while it's a yacht we're on and not a privateer, the first sight of land quickens … [Read more...]
Panama’s Indigenous People: San Blas Problem and Potential
(EyeonPanama) The Kuna people of the San Blas islands are one of Panama’s seven indigenous tribes. All of Panama’s native populations face the pueblo brain drain dilemma. Their best and brightest migrate to Panama City in search of opportunity. Hopeful native migrants arrive in Panama City energized with ambition but equipped with minimal education and few … [Read more...]
Panama’s San Blas Islands: Caribbean seas and tribal culture
(TNTmagazine) The New York Times once said Kuna Yala – also known as San Blas - is one of the few holiday destinations that an anthropologist and a beach bum can agree on. True enough, with ancient tribal culture mixing with translucent Caribbean seas and coral reefs, you can’t really go wrong. The myth is that the expansive archipelago consists of 365 islands, one … [Read more...]
Panama: San Blas Island solitude
(The Miami Herald) John Henderson Beach on Isla Kuanidup, in Archipelago San Blas, Panama. Then the boat docks at Isla Yandup, and I’m wondering if two days are too few.Next to the tiny dock is an impossibly perfect beach 150 feet long with powdery white sand that looks cleaned by groundskeepers at Augusta National. The island is the size of a 400-meter track and covered … [Read more...]