Panama

Dec 2024 - Jan 2025

Panama blog posts
Transiting the Panama Canal
Transiting the Panama Canal

Crossing from the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean through a marvel of engineering, but not on Argonaut!

Guna Yala, Sailing San Blas
Guna Yala, Sailing San Blas

Land of the Gunas. 365 islands, a world away from modern life. Island hopping, picking up castaways on desert islands and swimming in croccy rivers.

Escudo De Veraguas
Escudo De Veraguas

Exploring the coves and crystal clear channels of an island oasis. Home to swimming sloths, lizards that run on water and colourful snakes.

Don't lick Red Frogs, Bocas
Don't lick Red Frogs, Bocas

Exploring the archipelago wildlife of Bocas del Toro and Christmas far from home in great company.

Belize > Bocas Del Toro, Panama
Belize > Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Leg 5/ 1200nm/ 8 day passage.

Squalls, hitchhikers, and Nicaraguan pirates

Shipwrecks & Stingrays
Shipwrecks & Stingrays

Hopping between stunning Belizian cayes, diving with sharks and a crew mate returns.

Raptors
Raptors

Up close with Belize’s finest aerial predators.

Bocawina Rainforest
Bocawina Rainforest

Hiking through overgrown trails to big drop, and waterfall plunges in Bugawina.

Monkey River
Monkey River

A winding dinghy expedition deep into the Belizian forest.

Storm Sara & Guatemala
Storm Sara & Guatemala

Leg 4/ 113nm. Time to run, again!

Belize City
Belize City

Leg 3/ 100nm. Arrival in a new country presents an unexpected challenge.

Tropical beach with white sand, a cluster of palm trees, and a small hut among the trees, with blue sky and scattered clouds.
Close-up of a purple Portuguese Man O' War on a rocky shoreline with a blurred ocean background.
View from a sailboat showing calm blue ocean with several other sailboats anchored, distant island with palm trees, and partly cloudy sky.
Tropical beach scene with palm trees, sandy shore, calm water, and a person paddling a canoe in the distance.
A person sitting in a small wooden boat on the water with a tropical island and sailboats in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
A small, homemade sailboat with a patchwork sail on calm water near a tropical island with palm trees.
Tropical beach scene with white sand, a palm tree, and a small wooden sailboat with a single mast and a line tied to it. In the background, there are sailboats on the water and a distant island with trees under a partly cloudy sky.
Sunset over a tropical beach with palm trees and calm water.
Group of people gathering under palm trees on a sandy beach near a boat, with an island in the background and cloudy sky.
A group of people sitting around a campfire at night on a beach, with palm trees in the background.
Tropical beach with white sand, palm trees on the left, calm turquoise water, and a partly cloudy sky.
A sailboat anchored near a tropical island with palm trees and thatched-roof huts, gentle water, and a cloudy sky.
Tropical beach with white sand, palm trees, and calm water against a blue sky.
Tropical beach with palm trees, clear shallow water reflecting the trees, sandy shoreline, and partly cloudy sky.
Tropical beach with clear water, sandy shore, palm trees, and an island in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.
A sailboat floating on calm waters near a sandy shoreline with a partly cloudy sky overhead.
People gathered around a campfire at night in a tropical setting with palm trees overhead.
People gathered around a table at night on a boat, sharing a meal and socializing, illuminated by warm yellow lighting.
Nighttime scene with a pizza being baked in a small oven with fire inside. Two people are visible in the background sitting under a pink canopy, with the moon visible in the night sky.
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