We could spend years exploring San Blas!

Which is why we have so much footage of this beautiful archipelago.

In this episode we leave the Coco Banderos Cays and head for Green Island.

We were told this is the island where a crocodile hangs out. So we were a little excited to see a wild, salt water croc, but also a little apprehensive about swimming there.

After dropping anchor we needed to go out looking for him! We had met a lady in Linton Bay that had been dragged under by the crocodile a few months prior, but managed to escape, so until we were sure of his whereabouts we were not happy to set foot in the water.

We searched Green Island and all the surrounding islands for any trace of him, but could not find anything.

We did however find a really cute little island to play on called Wasaladup.

That evening we met our friends for a sundowner on the beach and Shawn decided to go looking on foot. Still nothing!

Although we liked Green Island, not wanting to swim really made our stay there a little boring! We love exploring the reefs and cooling off around the boat. So we decided to move on to another anchorage.

Our next anchorage Esnadup was breathtaking!

We were able to anchor in an almost fully coral enclosed bay. We were lucky enough to have the place all to ourselves, it was simply stunning! As we put the anchor down we went out on the dinghy exploring. The reef surrounding the islands was quite far out which meant the fishlife around them were prolific. They boys were finding crayfish everywhere!

When we got back to the boat we realised why we were the only boat there. We were invaded by No-See-ums (Chitras as the locals call them) These are tiny little flying insects that live in the mangroves, you can hardly see them, but boy can they bite! They come in their thousands and invade every inch of the boat. Nowhere is safe! The only way to escape is to close all the hatches and doors and put the air-conditioning on. Which is what we promptly did! Sadly it meant not enjoying the beautiful anchorage, and we still ended up scratching and not sleeping as they were already inside the boat by the time we closed it all up! The next morning there was a bit of a breeze, which blew them away, so we opened up everything, shock out the bedsheets and hoped the wind didn’t die down again. Luckily it didn’t but we were not taking any chances. By sunset Mokara was firmly secured, and we were safely inside! Time to move on!

The next morning we lifted anchor and went to Cambombia island.

Again the reefs and coral bomies around here were amazing!

We had a little difficulty getting the anchor to set, but eventually it worked and we were happy!

By the time we set off to explore the weather had turned grey, so all those lovely reefs we spotted on the way in had bad visibility. We went back to the boat and settled down to a family movie and dinner.

We stayed a few days and loved the isolation and view of the Panama mainland.