We set off towards San Blas (Darien) from Panama City, where we had to go to get our car. Our car wasn't available at Tocumen (airport), so we had to backtrack a bit. Stopped at some "gypsy guest house" and found a western woman who I could communicate well with and learned that we needed to have a tour set up to visit San Blas, or have some contacts there in advance. They had no electricity at the time, but would normally take guests.