Sailing to Panama

I left from Cartagena and sailed to Panama. It was a pretty city that I wanted to get the hell out of. It was nice to leave.This whale and her baby guided us as we made our way out into the Carribean. I am pretty sure it was a Bryde's whale, but I could be wrong.

We sailed past this tiny island and set up anchor. It was like an island from a Far Side Cartoon.

Another tiny island. There were 2 sets of huts there where the Kuna indians live. They were very hospitable and nice.

On the other side or our anchorage there was this island, which had a few groups of houses, including one that sold cans of cold beer for 1 Balboa, the currency of Panama (which is just a US Dollar).

A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away...

The plane that flew us out of Bolvia. I think it was a C-130. The US gave it to Bolivia to fight against drugs. It was made in the 1950s and probably flew in the Vietnam War.
Inside, we all got strapped in and then at least 5 people puked during the 5 hour, top secret flight that followed.

Going to Panama the old fashioned way

I got to Cartagena and it is like being in a museum from the age of pirates. It was a gold storage area for the Spanish stealing the gold of the natives, and so they made the city walls about 15 feet thick out of coral blocks and there is a huge fortress to protect it. I set sail on Wednesday and fly back to the US from Panama hopefully on the 22nd of October, just in time to get to Seattle for the ND vs. Washingon game that my brothers and dad are going to.

Quickly through Colombia

Still no pictures, but this is what my last week has looked like pretty much. I am too afraid to take my camera with me when I do go into towns and see the amazingly beautiful things that I have seen. And I have been rushing everywhere anyway. Tonight I am getting on a bus to Cartagena, which is on the Carribean coast. It should be a place to relax and finally take a picture and maybe upload some oldies but goodies from the past month. I will be looking for a boat to Panama, and then... dios sabe.

We got evacuated, but you probably knew that already

I am going to post the dramatic pictures of the top secret military transport flight as soon as I can and my ensuing journey north (went all the way through ecuador without taking a picture... DAMN IT), but until then I will just be making fun of republicans or doing other fun stuff. Now that I am not a PC volunteer anymore I can do this. But I might be going to Morocco in March to continue in PC version 2.0 so stay tuned... or not.