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2012
17
Sep

When navigation becomes a thrill

Today around noon we motored the few miles from Mulatupu to Isla Pino. For this island, our cruising guide recommends to anchor at a depth of only 2.5 meters, which is way too shallow for our taste (that would leave about 30 cm under the keel). So we aimed at a spot further offshore where it is supposed to have at least 4 meters. However,… Continue reading »

2012
17
Sep

Mulatupu

When the fishermen in Puerto Escoces told us that their village was a “ciudad” (a town), we just smiled to ourselves, but after motoring 12 nm to get to the bay we discovered that Mulatupu is indeed a town. About 5000 Kuna live packed on this island (some parts of it artificially raised), there’s several markets, a bakery, but the best bread is sold from… Continue reading »