CASTAWAY! ∣ My Isolated San Blas Islands Escape - EP.385

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For this adventure, I had to leave my motorcycle behind simply because there are no roads in this destination. The San Blas Islands (Kuna Yala) are an autonomous region off the Panamanian coast, made up of 365 islands. And yes, I was isolated on one of them! This experience was one of the best I had during my travels in Central America. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the true island life with me.
I am ready for my adventure!
Beautiful Caribbean islands, here we come! Bye doggies, don't be sad, I'll be back soon.
See you in four days. Be good, Chillie. Sorry you can't come, but there are no roads.
You know what I mean. I'll see you soon, in four days. Now I have to walk to the main gate.
This is my transport. I'm sorry, I need a few minutes. This drive was very, I seriously got
seasick. The road was very curvy, up and down, up and down. And the drivers were, let's say,
yeah, they were cutting the corners. Yeah, seriously, I thought I'm gonna throw up.
But anyhow, we made it. So now I'm waiting for the boat. So I'm guessing this is the main port
for all the boats that want to get to San Blas Islands. People are loading and loading.
Here's our boat. So apparently it's a 30 minute ride to the island. So turn out I'm the only guest
today. This is the village slash, well, resort. And this is my cabin. I'm staying in a parrot cabin.
A comfy bed, a lot of ventilation. I wonder if they have mosquitoes. Probably not.
This place is so me. I love it. Got room service. So this is my dinner.
They prepared it especially for me. Hold on, I'll show you. Rice, lentils, tomato and cucumber.
Very healthy, nutritious and vegan. Just the way I like it.
Delicious. I am so happy right now. And this is my life for the next four days.
What can I say? Just living the dream. Good morning. Life is good. I had a perfect night.
Falling asleep to the sound of the sea was just beautiful. So I have food included in this package.
So let's go for breakfast. It's time. Are you guys ready? Let's see what they made us for breakfast.
Oh, breakfast with the viewer. And that's my breakfast. Because I'm on this plant-based diet,
I cook for myself all the time. Actually, 95% of the food I eat, it's just, you know,
it's prepared by me. So this feels really special. Someone did it for me. I don't have to do anything.
I want holidays. So my plan is to walk around the island now and count the steps.
I'm really curious in how many steps I'll be able to finish this lap. What do you think?
I think 1000. It's going to take me 1000. Let's see. That's a lot of counting.
Here we go, island. Let's count the steps. Here will be our start and finish. Hold on, I'll show you.
So this is my cabin. And here, there's this log. So this is our start and finish. Okay,
we're going to go anti-clockwise this way. Let's go this way. Okay, we're doing it.
1, 2, 3, start. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. And now we have to transpass, but I think it's okay.
This isn't our business. I think they're related, but they're different family members who own this.
So let's go. I think it's okay for us to transpass. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. It's 80 here.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 90. So as you can see, I can't really walk along the beach,
but it will be close enough. How much did I say it is? 90. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100. Here is 100.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 110. These are the cabanas from the other place.
And this is where the sun is rising from this side of the island. Okay, let's keep going. 140. Now it's 150.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 150. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 150. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 150.
Here we have 200 and 100 now. We're nearly there. We're not going to make it to 1000 for sure.
It's a very small island. And now we have an obstacle ahead of us. It's our jetty. That's okay.
We go around it. We're up to number 309. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 160. Wait, grand finale.
470. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. We made it. Bottle steps is 400. Oh, come on. See, don't be like that.
It's 480. No, 70. No, no, no, wrong. 470, sorry. 470 steps. That's how big the island is.
My type of walk. And now let's go for a swim. This will be my very first swim. Yesterday,
I didn't swim. I don't know why. What happened? I don't know. I think I came and I was very tired.
I just chilled. Anyhow, here we go. First swim. Looks like, ah, I think I stepped on a coral.
Looks like there's rain on the mainland. I think that's the mainland, isn't it? Yeah, I think so.
Yeah, it looks like it. But yeah, there's rain. Last night I could see so much lightning
over the mainland, but here on the island, no rain, nothing. It's much better to be here.
At the moment, I am so enjoying this. Oh, look at this island. It's so cute. Truly, this is like
castaway experience. Where is my Wilson? Wilson. I have to find a Wilson. But look at this.
Just from this spot, I can see so many islands. So let's calculate them. I'm all about calculating
today. Okay, so 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
23. Just from here, I can spot 23 islands. What an experience. Think twice. It's just another day
in paradise. Well, you do. Someone has to do it. May as well be me. Actually, yesterday. Yesterday,
I had a day off the camera and I spend it either swimming or just here on this hammock.
This is my view from my hammock. So I really can't complain. And today, today, well, well,
well. In my package, I have a tour included, but I'm not sure if we're going to the cultural village
or just to island hopping. I still haven't figured it out. Because there are two choices
and I'm not sure what Tony decided we're going to do today. The thing is, if we do cultural tour
to the village, to the native village on the island, I won't be able to film, which is fair
enough. And if we're going to do island hopping, I'll be able to show you guys something. I have
to tell you about the cost because I think I got a really good deal. Normally, any tours here are
quite expensive. But through friends of friends, I got Tony's number. And my tour, because it was
pick up from Panama City, they dropped me here. Then I got a boat and I'm on the island for four
days. Food is included and one tour is included. The tour I'm going to do today. And for all of
that, I paid 425 dollars, which is nothing, nothing. It's so much more expensive to do it
without a tour guides. So, yeah, I'm very happy. I think I got a good deal.
This is Kuna toilet. I'm so impressed.
Oh, wow. What a cool toilet. Right. Well, this is brilliant. I love the design.
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