We have mentioned how the Flamingo Tongue shell, has an external mantle which is its gill, here you can see it withdraw the mantle revealing the smooth but plainly coloured shell underneath.

You have heard of "Brain Coral" well this is Bum Coral!....

....and Face Coral.

...then for a few days the wind picked up to 25 to 35 knots.

Jack, in the meantime decided to lie down in a confined space, he got as far as getting his head down, and then ran out of space.

Outside, the wind was blowing a hooley, so the Kuna (and I) decided it was time to play.

Tacking a log, you need to paddle furiously to get through the wind while your crew dances the single cap shroud to the windward side and.....

...hikes out, Kuna style. It was incredible to see these logs being sailed at 15 knots in 25 knots of wind, to the whoops and yells of delight from all the Kuna standing on the island...

So we had to get the windsurfer out and join in the fun....

Old and new technology.

The helmsman or skipper is responsible for the mainsheet, which is cleated off with a slipknot to the sternpost, the helm, which is a paddle, and bailing with half a coconut. The crew, is responsible for ballast, and holding up the rig.

Judging by the strain in the helm, the Ulu suffers from weatherhelm, and could benefit from a larger headsail, or a slacker mainsheet, but to them its all about "Hanging out there" and more strain equals more fun, so what?!

The chickens were hiding in the lee of a tree.

Laura and Liz went to a nearby island and met some wonderful Kuna families. Here is Anilda with her daughter Melani.

Anilda, also has time for cellphones.

Lydia showed Laura and Liz the finer points of Mola making. The back panel, on the right, will soon look like the front panel on the left.

Laura and Liz find one they like.

Liz also emptied out her school cupboards, and gave away all her stationery. Aleni and Arnilda.

Rusenia and Edel see how to play some games while the head of this island Anisio, (in Blue vest) Rutillia and Osue look on.

Even her old umbrella-hat found a new home.

Rutillia and her children Rusenia and Edel gave Liz some small molas in return.

Lidia, Yamilet holding baby Melani, Arnilda and Liz.

How can you not like these wonderful people.

The inside of a Kuna home, they sleep in hammocks, and these are all their possessions. The clothing hangs from the roof. Buckets are a universal waterproof storage place.

The Kuna ladies helping Laura and Lynn launch the dinghy.

Due to the windy conditions, snorkelling was not great here, but Liz managed to get her teeth cleaned by this shrimp.

Can you do the Can-Can? Laura and I about to get back into the dinghy.

Another symptom of the rising sea levels. This hut is still occupied, and the occupants sleep in hammocks, while all their worldly goods are suspended in other net bags.

Liz and a puppy named "Jack" after our Jack.

Emiliano, Erieda and Liz.

Here we knock a volleyball around in an informal game of "keep it up"

Bored with that, we tried some rope balancing.

Liz stayed up for a respectable time too.

The Kuna can climb very well, here Octavio, a great-grandfather, shimmeyed up in no time at all.

Siapebe (Old Kuna name) insisted that we photograph her in the "Correct" Kuna dress.

Ulu

Neidi and Rauliano scour the bottom of a small Ulu. (Ulu pipiwe)