| The fearful entrance was no big deal, we had selected a day with --too-- little swell. The little swell did not break on the dangerous small reef. Instead we headed for the breaking reef closer to shore, we like to keep 'known' dangers close by, keep unknown dangers a bit further away, and then also know where to steer to if the bottom comes up. | ||
| More interestingly, we had heard reports of "Portuguese Man O War" jelly fish in the San Blas, which do have a nasty sting to swimmers. We did see a few of their inflated sails on the ocean, but here we could see them stranded en mass. |
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 | Once in the river, it is deep and wide. After two miles we came around the first bend and found another sailboat anchored there. Not stopping where it is crowded, we headed up a couple more miles. |
We anchored smack right in the middle of the next 90 degrees bend, hoping we can catch a breeze of any direction.
It is 'pretty' remote here. But it is somewhat man made by Gatun dam limiting the flow into the river. The forest seems untouched though and we can hear the howler monkey, parakeets, parrots already. We are anchored at the confluence of Rio Indio into the Chagres and another small creek is entering just a bit upstream. We plan to explore...
