Monday, January 14, 2008

Grand Cayman and San Blas Islands

This is our first posting since leaving on January 10th.  It is hard to believe that we are really underway,
 
Our cabin is very nice with a lovely balcony, that is cool and breezy in the evening.
 
Our first stop was Grand Cayman.  We have been there before, so we took a public bus up the island to "Hell", it has a small lava field behind 2 stores and a postoffice.  Everyone wants to mail a letter from Hell.
 
We then went on to the San Blas Islands.  There are 365 islands of which 40 are inhabited.  The indians have come into the modern world.  They continue to sell the Molas they make (reverse applique) and dress up for the tourists, but since they have cell phones and television, we think they are doing better than they let on.
 
We have been to these 2 places before.  Our next point of interest is the Panama Canal.  We have gone thru it once before.  After these we will be in new territory for us.
 
More later

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