In March 2009, Dr. Mark Redd, Pennie Langston and Earl Clepper went with Sam Craig and Sam Parker to the Panama Kuna Village of Diwarsikwa. This village is located in an isolated part of the Bayano River Region in Panama.

This is just one of the many mission trips Dr. Mark Redd has been on to the Kuna Indians in Panama. There are about 50-60 Kuna Villages along the San Blas Islands and about 10-15 Villages along the tributaries that feed the Lake Bayano and the Bayano River.

For more information, contact Dr. Redd at markredd@markredd.com.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Boat Trip To Diwarsikwa

The boat trip to Diwarsikwa started in Kuna Yalla where we loaded the boat with the teams luggage and started on the 6 1/2 hour journey to the village. You can see the path we took by following the Orange Path along the map. We stopped in the Kuna Village of Icanti to drop off on of our Kuna "Boatsmen." Icanti is about 1 hour from where we started.
You can see the luggage of all 19 of the Team Members loaded onto the 20ft Kyuka. It was powered by a 15 horse outboard engine. No water skiing on this trip. (grin)
Here is Pennie Langston, Earl Clepper and myself as we get ready for the ardurous journey to Diwarsikwa.

This was where I was tempted to rock the boat and see if I could introduce Earl to the Bayano River up close and personal like.
Crossing the open lake was rough and wet. I hunkered down trying to stay dry, warm and confortable ... did not work a bit.

Here we are arriving at Diwarsikwa.

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