San Blas Islands
We woke up to a slightly calmer sea with islands in the distance, and toasted ham and cheese rolls for breakfast - our appetites were returning. We had made it across, and according to Mike the roughness level of our crossing was about medium. We learnt that Mike is also affected by sea sickness and needed medication, so it made us feel better knowing that even the captain gets seasick.
Once the anchor was dropped we jumped in and swam to our first San Blas island, this one was uninhabited. We walked around the island, on the way we met a man who was cleaning up the beach, he lived with his wife on a yacht anchored not far off the island and had been here around 10 years. He spends part of his day gathering and burning the accumulated rubbish. The amount of rubbish washed up was quite surprising and we were even more shocked when we were told the local Kuna people who own the islands are the worst culprits when it comes to the dumping of rubbish.
Back on board lunch was waiting, while we were relaxing some locals came by in a canoe to try sell us lobster but Mike decided they were too small. After lunch we sailed on to another island near a small reef (there are 365 San Blas islands in all). We tried to snorkel but here the current was quite strong, so we made our way to shore and lounged on the beach, sipping drinks out of coconuts. This was our final stop for the day, so we had dinner on shore. Mike had been a chef in Italy, and using the Kuna kitchen he had prepared some lovely lobster and fish.
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