Tropical Fruit... and Animals

The sand flies were terrible again in the morning as we packed up to leave San Blas, but we managed to escape without loosing our minds, although Karl looked like he had chicken pox for over a week after. We rode past a lagoon full of lazy crocodiles, which confirmed another warning we had been given - time to start thinking twice before jumping into fresh water! Soon we started seeing banana, yaca (jack fruit) and starfruit plantations along the road and stopped at a road side stand to stock up on these delicacies for just a few pesos. The day just kept getting better...Læs mere