Since transiting the Panama canal we had to wait in Balboa for a few days to
do some more shopping and wait for a TNT parcel to catch us up. We gave the
sender the address from the pilot book only to arrive at Balboa Yacht Club
and find that it burnt down 10 years ago and now has a new address - highly
annoying.
The anchorage was dirty and smelly, so swimming wasn't an option, but the
skyline of all the skyscrapers in Panama City made up for it.
Once we had our parcel we set sail for the Las Perlas islands, a group of 13
islands 40 miles south-east of Balboa. The sail across was lovely, 20-25
knots of breeze beam reaching, our first anchorage was to the south of Isla
Pacheca, an uninhabited island full of frigate birds and pelicans. The sight
of so many birds soaring was magnificent, and a nice swim to cool off.
We then moved over to the main island, Isla Contadora. The swimming was
fairly murky and with a strong tide quite awkward!!
We are now on our way to the Galapagos, it is going to be a slow passage and
generally would be at any time of year. But so far we have had a lovely day
sailing making 4-4.5 knots - lets hope it lasts.
Hope everyone at home is well.
Love Ocean Lady
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