Still in Panamá - will the Caribbean ever let us leave?
Saturday 21 st January 2023, Linton Bay, Panamá. We arrived here yesterday after a day's sail down from the San Blas. This is our first mainland (it's been islands all the way) anchorage since leaving Namibia way back in the pre-covid era and we're struggling to get our heads around the fact that, if we wanted to, we could hire a car and drive all the way to Alaska. Karl has gone ashore today to help out with some boat work on an Aussie boat we first met in Dominica last season (Zen Again) and meanwhile a Brisbane boat (Mac) has just anchored in front of us – maybe it's the start of an Australia Day gathering, we never see Aussie boats. How cool is this? A Linton Bay home, I want to live in one of these someday. So we've spent a lovely couple of weeks in the hands of the Guna Yala in the San Blas Islands. Sheltered anchorages, quiet islands, reefs for snorkeling and just enough civilised comforts to encourage you to stay longer. Our first morning anchored off