Darien Crossing II - Capurgana Colombia

Ok, this was my second crossing of the infamous Darien Gap and I wanted a little different experience this time.  On my way south I had taken a sailboat from Carti on the northern coast of Panama directly to Cartagena on the northern coast of Colombia.  This time I would be a little more challenging as I would be catching a speed boat in Turbo across the bay to Capurgana, smack dab in the middle of the Darien, on the Caribbean coast just a few kilometers from the Panama border.  I had to do export throught the customs office before I left Turbo.  But, I would wait to do my exit processing and get my passport stamped at the tiny Migrations office in Capurgana, a tiny village with no motor vehicles.  From there I would take another small boat ride across the border into Panama arriving in a the tiny village of Puerto Obaldia.  There I would wait for a week to catch a ride on a Kuna cargo boat that would stop at villages along the San Blas islands eventually making its way to Portobelo Panama where there was a road.

Colombia II

My second trip thru Colombia on my way north.  I stopped to see the Las Lajas Sanctuary near Ipiales Colombia which I had missed on my way south.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medellin

 

The Residencia Florida in Turbo Colombia, home for the night.