Entry Date: 25.02.2011, at 10:00:00 hrs (local)
San Blas Islands - Panama City
San Blas Islands
| PRID: | 10112 |
|---|---|
| LegID: | 245 |
| LegNo: | 24 |
| Latitude: | N009°35.35' |
| Longitude: | W078°40.50' |
| Day#: | 197 |
| Course: | 145 ° |
| Speed: | 6.0 kn |
| Etmal: | 144 nm |
| Log (Day): | 226 nm |
| Log (Leg): | 226 nm |
| Log (Total): | 11615 nm |
Those islands and the associated mainland territory are called Kuna Yale by the autonomous Kuna Indians who effectively control this quarter of Panama. They are worldwide unique and have best preserved there culture and traditions out of all the tribes in the Americas. Kunas do not like the name ”San Blas”, since it was given by the Spanish invaders. Kunas also preserve there environment and do not claim passion by industrial development. That is why the landscape still looks much the same as when Vasco Nunez de Balboa first arrived.
