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Rainy season in San Blas Islands, Panama and Colombia

Rainy season in San Blas Islands, Panama and Colombia

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Rainy season in San Blas, Panama and Colombia The rainy season for the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Panama starts already in April/May and lasts until the beginning of December. We understand that many are concerned about the rainy season. No one wants to get the whole vacation spoiled by pouring rain every day, but [...]

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[gem_divider margin_top="100px"]1. What is included in the price? 5 days & 5 nights in board the sailboat – The distribution of time depends from where you depart, but normally includes at least 2,5 days in San Blas and 1,5 days crossing 3 meals per day, fruits, coffee/tea & drinking water are included in the price

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Mintaka San Blas Sailing Itinerary

San Blas Sailing Itinerary

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San Blas Sailing Itinerary This is a typical San Blas Sailing itinerary of a 5 day all-inclusive San Blas with Mintaka. However, it serves as a good example for any of the trips. The duration of the sailing trip is 5 days with an additional half a day sailing from Portobelo to San Blas. You

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Sailboat Mintaka – Professional Chef On-board!

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Sailboat Mintaka - Professional Chef On-board! Enjoy riding the San Blas Sailboat Mintaka waves under the steady and safe hands of Capt. Manfred & Petra on Mintaka. Your always friendly hosts welcome you to their family-operated San Blas cruise. They applied Germany’s finest standards to design & build their own sailboat Mintaka back in 1991

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Panama Ports of Departure

Panama Ports of Departure

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Panama Ports of Departure Here is a small “how to get to”-guide to the various ports of departure in Panama used by our sailboats. Puertolindo & Portobelo Colon, Puertolindo, and Portobelo were in the past the most popular ports of departure. Colon has been dropped by most San Blas sailboats as the city has become

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Amazing Race Norway Winners on Santana

Amazing Race Norway Winners on Santana

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Amazing Race Norway Winners on Santana Morten and his brother Truls won in 2012 the first season of Amazing Race Norway. After visiting India, Dubai, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, China, Norway, and Kazakhstan Morten and Truls could drive out in their brand new Subaru XV each and a cash price. In January 2013 Morten was traveling

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