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In August 2012 we explored some islands and bays along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. From the popular weekend destination Islas Rosarios via the more quiet Islas de San Bernardo to Sapzurro, the idyllic border town in the unspoiled nature of Darién.

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1/50: The Islas Rosarios look like the pearls of a rosary indeed.
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3/50: Navigating is tricky here.
4/50: A rainy afternoon :-)
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6/50: Leaving the Rosarios at dawn.
7/50: Sounding for a reef passage in the dinghy north of Isla Tintipan, Islas de San Bernardo.
8/50: The little islote next to Tintipan...
9/50: ...is overpopulated, while the other islands only have a few luxorious villas on them.
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11/50: Land seems to be so dear, that some houses are even built out on the reefs.
12/50: Thunderstorms happen almost daily here.
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14/50: Will there be wind to sail down the coast???
15/50: Relaxed lightwind sailing.
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17/50: The anchorage of Sapzurro.
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20/50: The little border town Sapzurro.
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23/50: There's no road here and no motorised vehicles.
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25/50: On weekends boats bring visitors from other coastal towns.
26/50: A town with happy, well fed cats and dogs :-)
27/50: Walking around the bay of Sapzurro.
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30/50: Old friends in the anchorage: Spruce and Pitufa
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32/50: Hostels and camping sites accomodate backpackers.
33/50: Walking to the Panamanian border only takes 20 minutes up the steep hill.
34/50: Sapzurro seen from the border of Panama.
35/50: Puerto de la Miel is the next village in Panama.
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37/50: A trek to the next bigger town takes 2 hours through dense jungle.
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43/50: Capurgana has more shops and tourists,...
44/50: even an airfield, but also no road.
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49/50: A Lancha (fast open boats that transport goods and passengers along the coast) took us back to Pitufa in about 10 minutes.
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