Captain Fabio compiled this most excellent video album by tapping into the wonderful photos contributed by Andiamo guests, along with some great video footage. Check it out on Youtube! 🙂
San Blas
Cartì Yandup Junior Team Win 2nd Place!

The squad on Andiamo before the big game…

The cup ceremony after the championship game…
December is the time for the soccer finals in Kuna Yala. And Andiamo is the proud sponsor of the Carti Yandup island team, where First Mate Dino’s son Rey plays as forward. With lots of hard work and tough competition, we were able to cheer them on all the way to the finals.
Nice Blog Post about Andiamo…
Edin Hamzic, a recent Andiamo “Alumni” posted this great post on his travel blog about Andiamo. It’s a nice read, if I do say so myself 🙂 …
They’re puttin’ us on the teevee…
So while we’re in Panama City after finishing our latest trip last week, I get an email from a Kiwi/British TV crew that was on their way to shoot Panama for a Travel Channel UK show called “Julian and Camilla’s World Odyssey”. The producer, Camilla (who’s also one of the show’s hosts), tells me that Panama’s tourism board dropped the ball on them, and they were now without a plan to shoot Panama, much less San Blas.
Camilla had found Andiamo via some posts on the Lonely Planet forum, and asked me if I’d be willing to take her and her crew along for a sail around San Blas so they can get some footage and do some interviews with the local Kuna folks. Turns out we actually had a sail planned for that weekend with some guests, so we could make it work. (more…)