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Iain & Fiona Lewis March 4, 2020

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Some images need no words. Thank you SV Free Spi

Some images need no words.

Thank you SV Free Spirit for the photo.

Blog blog catch-up! 30th December 2022 “Two or s

Blog blog catch-up!
30th December 2022
“Two or six sides to a coin?”

Banedup, San Blas, Panama – Rio Chagres, Central Panama via Chichime, San Blas, Panama & Portabello, Central Panama, Panama

Every standard cylindrical coin has 2 sides and each side is said to be different from the other*. If Panama were to be coin then it would actually be cubed shaped as we have seen 6 different sides to it in only a week. We have gone from the near economically inactive Kuna Yala (San Blas) to the global centre of trade, we’ve wandered around desert islands and then been enveloped on a rich verdant green jungle and finally been in places where no history is written, to others which should feature in every history textbook….

To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels find the link to our blogs in bio @sy_ruffian

#westerlyoceanlord
#sailingadventure
#travelandsailing
#exploringbyboat
#sailinglife
#boatstories
#boatjourney
#sailingstories
#sailingliveaboards
#sailingadventure
#sailinglifestyle
#longdistancecruising
#sailpanama
#sailcentralamerica

Another overdue blog! 24th December 2022 “Just

Another overdue blog!

24th December 2022
“Just another day”

Chichime, San Blas, Panama – Banedup, San Blas, Panama via Hot Tub, San Blas, Panama

Every day is just another day. No matter what you do a day is just a day, however depending upon how you fill it that day can be ‘special’ or ‘normal’, and depending upon the frequency of activity a normal day could be considered special. We’ve had a lot of normal special days….

To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels find the link to our blogs in bio @sy_ruffian

#westerlyoceanlord
#sailingadventure
#travelandsailing
#exploringbyboat
#sailinglife
#boatstories
#boatjourney
#sailingstories
#sailingliveaboards
#sailingadventure
#sailinglifestyle
#longdistancecruising
#sailpanama
#sailcentralamerica
#sailingkunayala
#sailingsanblas
#christmasatanchor
#weevilsintheflour
#mincepies

@handsondecknz
@yachtzenagain
@sy_altimate

Never a dull day! #boatmaintenanceinexoticplaces

Never a dull day!

#boatmaintenanceinexoticplaces

Being far off the beaten track has its rewards and

Being far off the beaten track has its rewards and its challenges.
One of those challenges is sketchy internet so after many weeks the blog is finally (almost) up to date.

For your reading pleasure there are 6 new postings:
https://ruffian.uk/2022/11/zulus-fousands-of-em-theyre-everywhere/
https://ruffian.uk/2022/11/east-and-west/
https://ruffian.uk/2022/12/change-of-seasons/
https://ruffian.uk/2022/12/deserted-desert-islands-2/
https://ruffian.uk/2022/12/return-to-civilisation/
https://ruffian.uk/2022/12/the-power-of-3/

Surprise wildlife sightings on our latest jungle a

Surprise wildlife sightings on our latest jungle adventure with @handsondecknz

#tropicalwildlife
#jungleadventures
#whitehawk
#slothontheground

What do you call a trio of Ocean Cruising Club boa

What do you call a trio of Ocean Cruising Club boats?

@handsondecknz “Cerulean”
@goesfoundation “Copepod”
And “Ruffian” enjoying the sunshine in the Bocas del Torro, Panama.

#oceancruisingclub
@ocean_cruising_club
#friendshipsarethebestships

Another adventure full day with @handsondecknz A

Another adventure full day with @handsondecknz

A dinghy journey up through the mangroves to find the bat caves!

Once there we donned our swimming clothes, hard hats and rubber gloves. We turned on our head torches and ventured into the most stunning limestone cave tunnels. We waded sometimes chest high through the delicious fresh water; water running through the rock had created fantastic stalactites and stalagmites, forming some incredible underground structures. We even found a waterfall and 8ft deep pool. The tunnels were pitch black and every ceiling, crook and crevice was occupied by bats.

This has to be one of our most memorable shore side excursions.

What a great way to celebrate your third wedding anniversary @handsondecknz

Back from our land trip to Costa Rica, Iain and St

Back from our land trip to Costa Rica, Iain and Steve are super excited that their new Vexilar SonarPhones have arrived!

When used in conjunction with the Navionics boating app this will make checking depths in remote uncharted anchorages a doddle!

Edit: for the non-English speakers out there, doddle = a very easy task!

(We are not sponsored, just satisfied customers).

@handsondecknz
@ardnaxela1405
@garmin
@garminmarine
@navionics
@vexilarinc
@sonarphone_vexilar
#sonarphonesp300

Larry has enjoyed his land trip to Costa Rica, our

Larry has enjoyed his land trip to Costa Rica, our last with @handsondecknz before we split paths as they head home, but he has been wistful not to be joined by TT (whose been away gallivanting with new Finish lovelies). Helen and Steve have done their best to cheer him up, but he is inconsolable.

More epic adventures with @handsondecknz in Costa

More epic adventures with @handsondecknz in Costa Rica.

No crocodiles today, but a wild cat; perhaps an Ocelot or a Margay. Real life cowboys, palm oil plantations , scarlet macaws, toucans and a waterfall or three.

More Costa Rica 🇨🇷 adventures with @handsond

More Costa Rica 🇨🇷 adventures with @handsondecknz

From San Jose to the mountain range of Puntarenas Province, inland from Playa Hermosa.

Photos: very large Crocodiles in the river Tarcoles, white naped Puffbird, scarlet Macaw, yellow throated Toucan, Iguana, rufous Wren; Playa Hermosa, San Jose graffiti, scarlet MacCaw, verdant green forest, carnivorous forest plant, stingless bees.

Days 1 and two of our Costa Rica land trip with @h

Days 1 and two of our Costa Rica land trip with @handsondecknz
Started with a fast ferry trip to the border, then a walk across “prisoner exchange bridge” and finally a bus.
First adventures involved jungle, mud and black sand escapades. Trying to get photos of the trophies we sought. Here’s a small selection of what we saw.

New blog! 20th November 2022 “The great and the

New blog!
20th November 2022
“The great and the good.”

Snug Harbour, San Blas, Panama – Isla Tigre, San Blas, Panama

Heads of state wield enormous amounts of power. Joe Biden, at the stroke of a pen can assign billions to good causes and in a similar way, Britain’s record-breaking ex-leader*, Liz Truss, lost billions through incompetence, bad communication and a lack of emotional intelligence. In the San Blas we’ve been up close and personal with a world leader and seen the transformation that world leaders can create....

To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels find the link to our blogs in bio @sy_ruffian

#westerlyoceanlord
#sailingadventure
#travelandsailing
#exploringbyboat
#sailinglife
#boatstories
#boatjourney
#sailingstories
#sailingliveaboards
#sailingadventure
#sailinglifestyle
#longdistancecruising
#sailpanama
#sailcentralamerica
#sailingkunayala
#sailingsanblas

We’ve spent the last couple of days of 2022 enjo

We’ve spent the last couple of days of 2022 enjoying another side to the amazing Panama country.

Up the Rio Chagres, right beside the Panama Canal. In the company with our great friends from @handsondecknz, observing jungle wildlife galore.

Photos of Mantled Howler Monkeys, Mangrove Swallow, Chestnut-headed oropendola, Slaty tailed Trojan, Leaf cutter ants.

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