Cruising the San Blas Islands with Claudio for four nights was an experience to cherish. If you're unsure whether this is the right boat or worrying about the cost, just put those concerns away and book. Cush is lovingly maintained (at great expense to Claudio). The meals are restaurant-quality. The itinerary is flexible. The sights and experiences are everything you hoped for and more. The sense of being disconnected from the human part of the world and reconnected with its natural beauty is soul-reviving. The opportunity to view the Guna people and their simple lives in this paradise is unparalleled in much of the world. What started out as a getaway for me and my husband turned into a very special vacation for us with our young-adult children. We'll never forget the snorkeling, the beach-combing, the sea kayaking, the nighttime shining of manta rays and barracudas, Claudio's pasta-making performance, relaxing in "the net," and awakening each morning to look out a pillow-level porthole at castaway islands and gently lapping, improbably blue waters. We aren't beachy people. The Caribbean was never on our list until we learned about these islands. Two of our group don't even like water much! But we're still talking about what a special time this was, and I'm sure we will be for a long, long time.