My first Ocean passage started actualy as I was traveling overland across all Central America from Mexico to Panama. I used an old motorbike I bought in Mexico and besides the motorbike had a California plate and mexican documents the trip went smootly across Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama, until I was stopped by the police in Yaviza while overlooking the River Chucunaque,and the Darian Gap. Anyone interested in the chronique of this overland trip can read it in my L ife 1.0 Blog

Darién Gap, an approximately 60-mile (100-km) break on the Pan-American Highway, which otherwise runs continuously from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. The gap is located in the thickly vegetated marshland and tropical rainforests of the Darién region, which spans the easternmost part of Panama and northwestern Colombia.Travel between the continents through the Darién Gap has long been a challenge. ... "The Darien Gap's Fearsome Reputation Has Been Centuries in the Making" The police did not alow foreigner to cross the River Chucunaque biond that river is a no mans land lnon as Darian Gap.

I had no other choice but to go back to Panama City and find another method of crossing this region in order to get to Colombia.Although my Spanish is basic, it's enough for me to have a conversation with locals and try to find a solution.

One of them told me about Puerto Bello, a small village on the Caribbean coast where some sailing boats take backpackers from Panama to Colombia. I made the choice to attempt it and within a few days, I came upon this bay that was surrounded by a tropical forest and old forts.

I found a hostel where some boat captains anchored in the bay enjoy drinking and chatting in the evenings.

My first time

First lesson

One man's loss is another man's gain