{"id":1001,"date":"2024-10-11T21:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2024-10-11T21:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:34:50","slug":"puerto-obaldia-our-port-of-entry-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/puerto-obaldia-our-port-of-entry-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Obaldia &#8211; Our Port of Entry in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After making ourselves somewhat presentable, we both jump on one of our paddleboards and paddle ashore to complete the check-in formalities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1st &#8211; let the police know we&#8217;re here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2nd &#8211; go to the immigration officer, get fingerprinted and passport stamped<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3rd &#8211; visit the port captain, give him copies of passports and boat registration, hand in the zarpe from the port captain in Cartagena and get a zarpe for Panama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Nachdem wir uns einigerma\u00dfen salonf\u00e4hig gemacht haben, begeben wir uns beide auf eines unserer Paddelboards und paddeln an Land, um die Check-in-Formalit\u00e4ten zu erledigen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\"> der Polizei mitteilen, dass wir hier sind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\"> zum Einwanderungsbeh\u00f6rde gehen, Fingerabdr\u00fccke nehmen und den Pass abstempeln lassen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\"> den Hafenkapit\u00e4n aufsuchen, ihm Kopien der P\u00e4sse und der Bootsregistrierung geben, die Zarpe vom Hafenkapit\u00e4n in Cartagena abgeben und eine Zarpe f\u00fcr Panama erhalten.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_172003845.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-911\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_154204769.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-913\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_151409183.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-912\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, it&#8217;s time to go to a little kiosk for some well-deserved ice cream! And lucky for us, we meet two guides (from Germany incidentally) and their tour group. They introduce us to Magi, a Guna guide, who offers to help us get in touch with Guna locals on some of the islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">Danach wird es Zeit f\u00fcr ein wohlverdientes Eis! Und zu unserem Gl\u00fcck treffen wir an dem Kiosk auf zwei Reiseleiter (\u00fcbrigens aus Deutschland) und ihre Reisegruppe. Sie stellen uns Magi vor, eine Guna-F\u00fchrerin, die uns anbietet, Kontaktinformation von Guna-Einheimischen auf einigen der Inseln zu geben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_154640401.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-915\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guna are an indigenous people of Panama. Most of the Guna live on small islands off the coast of the Guna Yala Comarca, known as the San Blas Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Die Guna sind ein indigenes Volk in Panama. Die meisten Guna leben auf kleinen Inseln vor der K\u00fcste der Guna Yala Comarca, die als San Blas-Inseln bekannt sind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magi also offers to meet us the next day to bring us the flags for the Guna Yala territory, and true to her word, she meets us the next day with two hand-sewn flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">Magi bietet an, uns am n\u00e4chsten Tag zu treffen, um uns die Fahnen f\u00fcr das Guna-Yala-Gebiet zu bringen Sie h\u00e4lt ihr Wort und am n\u00e4chsten Tag sind wir stolze Besitzer zwei handgen\u00e4hter Fahnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One flag is the official Guna Yala flag with a red top band, a yellow middle band and a green bottom band. The other flag is the flag of the revolution, an uprising of the Guna to declare their independence from Panama in February 1925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\">Eine Flagge ist die offizielle Guna-Yala-Flagge mit einem roten oberen, einem gelben mittleren und einem gr\u00fcnen unteren Streifen. Die andere Flagge ist die Flagge der Revolution, eines Aufstandes der Guna, mit dem sie im Februar 1925 ihre Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit von Panama erkl\u00e4rten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not until we&#8217;re back on MAKAAN that we notice an error with the official flag. On ours, the green and red stripes are reversed! Looks like this seamstress is still in need of a lesson in patriotism \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">Erst als wir wieder auf MAKAAN sind, bemerken wir einen Fehler in der offiziellen Flagge. Bei unserer sind die gr\u00fcnen und roten Streifen vertauscht! Sieht so aus, als br\u00e4uchte diese N\u00e4herin noch eine Lektion in Sachen Patriotismus \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_191154052-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puerto Obaldia has about 900 inhabitants, a school, a doctor&#8217;s office, a grocery store, a barber shop, a few restaurants, a hotel and an airstrip. All in all, an eclectic mix of building styles, from traditional bamboo and palm leaf huts to quite modern structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\">Puerto Obaldia hat etwa 900 Einwohner, eine Schule, eine Arztpraxis, einen Lebensmittelladen, einen Friseur, einige Restaurants, ein Hotel und eine Landebahn. Alles in allem eine eklektische Mischung von Baustilen, von traditionellen Bambus- und Palmblatth\u00fctten bis hin zu recht modernen Strukturen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_155641335.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-933\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_160203894.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241010_160327383.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_170043164-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_175333917-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_180038442-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we returned to our paddleboard, we found it completely deflated. We have owned our inflatable paddleboards for seven years and have kept them on deck for most of that time, the last year and a half uncovered after the cover disintegrated due to the harsh environment. The UV rays, high tmeperatures and salty air also contributed to the deterioration of the paddleboard seams. Hans has repaired several small bursted areas, but this was by far the worst one yet. Makaan is quite some distance from shore, so we ask an incoming boat in very broken Spanish if they could give us a ride back. With a big smile they wave us aboard and in no time we&#8217;re back on our boat. It would have been a long swim if we had been on an uninhabited island!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\">Als wir zu unserem Paddleboard zur\u00fcckkehren, ist die ganze Luft drau\u00dfen. Wir haben die Bretter vor sieben Jahren gekauft und sie die meiste Zeit an Deck aufbewahrt, die letzten anderthalb Jahre ohne Abdeckung, nachdem sie sich aufgrund der harschen Umweltbedingungen zersetzt hatte. UV-Strahlen, salzige Luft und hohe Temperaturen haben auch zur Aufl\u00f6sung der N\u00e4hte beigetragen. Hans hat schon mehrere kleine aufgeplatzte Stellen repariert, aber diesmal war der Riss schon gewaltig. Makaan ist ziemlich weit vom Ufer entfernt und so winken wir einem herannahenden Boot und fragen in sehr gebrochenem Spanisch, ob sie uns zu Makaan bringen k\u00f6nnten. Mit einem strahlenden L\u00e4cheln winken sie uns an Bord und im Handumdrehen sind wir wieder auf unserem Boot. W\u00e4ren wir auf einer unbewohnten Insel gewesen, h\u00e4tten wir lange schwimmen m\u00fcssen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_184130358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-922\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pxl_20241011_225321878-1.jpg?w=1001\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span class=\"uppercase\">MahiMahi and plantains off the grill<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After making ourselves somewhat presentable, we both jump on one of our paddleboards and paddle ashore to complete the check-in formalities: 1st &#8211; let the police know we&#8217;re here 2nd &#8211; go to the immigration officer, get fingerprinted and passport stamped 3rd &#8211; visit the port captain, give him copies of passports and boat registration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingmakaan.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}