Stock Photo - The 'Comarca de Kuna Yala' is a narrow 226km strip of the Caribbean coast of Panama that includes the Archipelago de San Blas. The area consists of around 400 islands and are home to the Kuna, who run San Blas as a 'comarca' - an autonomous region with minimal interference from the Panamanian government on the mainland. They have their own system of governance, philosophies and decision-making, whilst maintaining their own economic systems, language, customs and cultures. Originally from Colombia, they fled to the islands when the Spanish first arrived in the 16th Century. In this particular shot we see rich blue skies with sporadic sprays of fluffy clouds and paradise like turquoise clear waters. The sand is soft, clean and white and the whole of the island is covered in 'cocoteros' or coconut palmes of all different shapes and sizes. In the middle of shot almost attached to the island sits a wooden pier or jetty. It sits on a collection of stilits just above th level of the calm Caribbean water. At the end of the jetty is a small rugged shelter made of dried leaves and branches. Behind this shelter is the islands toilet. On the jetty itself is one of the islands 7 inhabitants, a young Kuna child of around 9 years old. He wears a pair of red swimming shorts and we can just make out his head above the wooden railing of the jetty.