Guna Yala The San Blas Islands or Guna Yala, Panama, has played in our imagination since we first heard about it from a fellow sailor 15 years ago. “It is paradise, a bunch of untouched islands inhabited by the Kuna Indians” he mused in his French accent. We put Olivier’s words in the back of our minds, filed under: “Places to visit”, and now, Easter day, 2018, the time had finally arrived. The San Blas archipelago, 340 islands in all, boarders Colombia on the Caribbean side. It is an independent territory, ruled by the Guna Indians. The Gunas have been able to preserve their culture and the environment, limiting development and tourism to a minimum. We arrive in Chichimi after a two-day sail from Shelter Bay Marina, blissful to have six weeks to chillax. We move at a leisurely pace from one palm clad island anchorage to the next; Yansaladup, the Lemon Cays, Kuanidup, East Hollandais, Coco Banderos, and Waisaladup. Each islet is paradise, picture perfe