A few days with the Kuna

We’re headed out to the small airport this morning to catch a fight to the San Blas Islands where the Kuna tribe lives.
The islands dot the Caribbean and are what you would expect; sandy beaches and coconut trees.
This time the plane was even smaller than the one that we took to the city of David. I think it’s about 12 passenger. The flight was good.
We flew over the canal and then the rainforests and mountains leading to the sea. The water was that picturesque aqua-blue. The San Blas is dotted with hundreds of and the pilot was kind enough to fly low so we could get a closer view.
We were all surprised when we landed at the airport. It was a cement block building resembling a baseball dugout with wooden benches. There was one airstrip and the fence posts lining it had plastic bottles turned upside down on them to make it more visible.
We boarded a small but colorful boat. We had a short ride to the island we would be staying on for the next two nights. The cabins stood at the water’s edge. They were wood, bamboo, and grass with a bed and bathroom. The showers were open at the top and there was no hot water. All of the cabins had a back door with a porch hammocks and an awesome ocean view. The sunsets were spectacular.

A day with the Embara Panama

A day with the Embara Tribe Panama
Feb. 26 2008 Tuesday – This morning we left early to meet the Embara tribe.
We arrived at the shore of a lake where a large, dug-out canoe waited for us. Once onboard we journeyed about an hour across the lake and then up a river to the Embera Village. At one point we had to get out of the canoe to help push it up the shallow part of the river. When we arrived at the village the Embara were waiting for us, playing drums and flutes as we came to shore. They continued to play until all of us left the shore. The music was fantastic. The women wore bright multi-colored skirts, no tops, and the men had material draped between their legs. In the village we met in a central gathering place. There we listened to stories, some of their heritage and customs, with our guide, translating.

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