What is that yellow ball in the sky? It has been about 2 weeks since we have had to seek the shady side of the cockpit for coffee; today the clouds were sparse and the sun was up. David came by about 830 to collect the local anchoring fee, $8, but good for a month. No one would ever stay a month but that was their selling point. David was very nice and spoke a modicum of English. He said he would get us a coconut and some yucca (a tuber which tastes a bit like papa fritas when cooked). He also said if we wanted to see the village we should ask for him and after he introduced us to the Salais (chief) we could tour to our heart’s content. Next week is a national holiday in Kuna Yale and everyone is flying the national flag which the chief kind of pressured us into buying. A little bit of misfortune with its design especially for our Jewish friends, is the swastika in the centre…no relationship to Nazi Germany but awkward none the less. With David’s guidance we bought some eggs and bananas and later more of the national breakfast, corn flakes. At the third tienda we bought some tomato paste, canned pineapple and onions…a pretty exciting shopping day all in all. We hiked up to the top of the island, a 45 minute walk to the radio antenna. I think if you climbed up the 30m tower the view would have been spectacular; but we kind of just stood in the jungle, shrugged and headed back to the village. Well that kind of took most of the day. Back at the boat we chatted with our neighbour from Celtic Dancer, had a swim and dinner including yucca (which I think requires more spices or something and an acquired taste).
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