The best way ending a long trip in Central America is to get yourself on to the islands of San Blas (Guna Yala). The images tells it all, almost – is that a starfish in the Caribbean Sea looks more beautiful than a plastic trash. The lack of proper waste management system in the area was conspicuous, just so you get the point that all the scenes aren’t this beautiful.

Tourism in the area is quite new and the local indigenous Guna people are basically running all the services for tourists on the coast and the islands. The region is autonomous, so Guna people have their own laws and everything; one of the laws is that only Guna may own land in Guna Yala. Their culture and traditions have remained mostly unchanged through years mainly because they have their autonomy and the society is fully endogamic. Continue reading →