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Jan gets ready to raise the Panama flag - thank goodness she turned it right side up before she raised it.
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Fishermen selling lobster at Isla Parida.
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Sol Surfin' at Isla Parida.
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The $1000/night yurts on Isla Cavada in Islas Secas.
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Carrie paddles over for a floating happy hour.
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Hermit crab colony at Islas Secas.
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A new coconut palm sprouting in Islas Secas.
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Terra Firma & Slip Away anchored at Isla Medidor.
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Scientific lab under construction at Isla Medidor.
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The monorail brings both supplies and people to the construction site on top of the hill.
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Domingo at Bahia Honda said it was OK to take his photo, but he was very shy in front of the camera.
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Domingo paddling his dugout back to his house.
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Graveyard in Bahia Honda.
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Big tides in the Pacific - this is a small island off Isla Coiba at low tide.
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This is that same island at high tide - no beach!
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Bahia Santa Cruz at low tide.
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Rich takes advantage of a low tide to burn trash on the beach. We dig a hole in the sand, burn the trash, then cover it.
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Then the high tide comes and washes away the ashes.
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Rich is excited that we've got a big fish - until we ID it as a jack crevalle, which isn't good eating, so he (the fish) goes back in the sea.
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Jan steering Slip Away with the autopilot dial.
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Rich with Terra Firma and Icarian on the beach at Isla Espiritu Santo in the Perlas Islands.
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Isla Contadora in the Perlas Islands - signs of civilization.
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Crime doesn't seem to be a big problem at Isla Contadora.
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Hermy & Jack from Iwa - it was good to see them again in Panama City.
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Freighter traffic headed to and from the Panama Canal, as seen from our mooring at Balboa Yacht Club.
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Submarine which has just completed a transit through the Panama Canal.
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A ship of ships headed for the Panama Canal.
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Mooring field at Balboa Yacht Club.
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We didn't use our dinghy at Balboa Yacht Club, so we depended on these friendly lancha drivers to give us a ride to shore.
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Terra Firma arriving home after a day in the city. (Even in Balboa Yacht Club, we were moored next to each other.)
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El Gato Supremo Jake from Carina has a sleepover on Slip Away while his parents line handle for a friend's Canal transit.
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Aly & Iain (Loon III) and Bill (Creola) at our going away party at Balboa Yacht Club.
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Pat & Carrie (Terra Firma) and Debi (Serenity) at the Balboa Yacht Club Party.
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Linda (Creola), Celeste & Gary (Sol Surfin') and Brian (Icarian) at the Balboa Yacht Club party.
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Slip Away fueling up and getting washed down just before her Canal transit.
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