I just read through your story and it was just like my experience!
I have been trying to warn people ever si
nce to only do this journey with a captain who has a good reputation.
Were you surprised as hell to arrive in Puerto Obaldia and Sapzurro and find out that there was no dock?
One positive thing about your trip is at least you had fellow travelers to hopefully help you lift and lower the bike on and off the boats.
I always had to rely partially on the crew. There is not much of an incentive to do a good job when you are only earning around $1 a day. lol
My Panamanian captain got us stuck on a sandbar dangerously close to land, the bilge pump stopped working and there was 2 ft of water on deck, the engine stopped running and they had to fix it, and my bike almost fell in the ocean twice during loading and off loading.
It is a good story to tell now, but was a pretty painful couple weeks.
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