The Magical Islands of San Blas:

Off the Eastern Coast of Panama lies a collection of Islands called San Blas . This little known stretch of land is home to the fascinating and friendly Kuna Indians. They live in wooden huts and make their living mostly from fishing, farming, etc. This area is only accessible via a small prop plane from Panama City (that topic is for another blog post)that flies from village to village dropping off supplies, etc. Lindsay and I stayed with a Kuna Family on their little island retreat called Yandup. Our accommodation consisted off a wooden hut with a bed and mosquito net. Everyday our Kuna guide "Leo" would load us up in a wooden canoe with a motor and take us to some of the most beautiful and remote islands in the world. Each small island is owned by a certain Kuna family and lucky for us our friend/guide Leo had already arranged for us to hang out on these islands. Leo would drop us off on an island and then Lindsay and I would simply go find the best "spot" to lay out our towels and hang out. The sand was white, the water crystal clear and the coral reef spectacular! I have really never felt so removed from the world as I did laying around the San Blas islands off the coast of Panama!