Sarah, Aurélien and their two children Nael and Mia have now dropped anchor in San Blas, a Panamanian archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. And it is in Ustupu that they make their first port of call, a town rather unknown to yachtsmen, which is made up of several small islands. Here, people live on the water, which is the case of dire?! Most of the houses are built on stilts, above the sea and the inhabitants move around by boat or on land using the many bridges that connect the different pieces of land.
But this life on the water also has a disadvantage, as can be seen in the pictures. In Ustupu, there is no waste treatment system and everything ends up in the sea: plastics, diapers, excrement. So swimming can end as quickly as it started
As at each of their stopovers, the family takes the opportunity to discover local life, immerse themselves in the culture and meet many people. Paddle rides, swimming among the guava and mango trees, evenings in local restaurants or even rowing in a rowboat punctuate the days of the Maloya crew.
