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  2011 03 07 028.jpg - Each family also has their own plantation of coconut palms, for personal use and also to sell and trade.  Coconuts are a very important source of income, and until recently they were the principal form of 'currency' in the Kuna Yala.All visitors are told to remember that ALL coconut palms are privately owned, even the ones on uninhabited islands.  You must never help yourselves to the coconuts ... and anyway, they only charge 50c per coconut!!  
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Each family also has their own plantation of coconut palms, for personal use and also to sell and trade. Coconuts are a very important source of income, and until recently they were the principal form of 'currency' in the Kuna Yala. All visitors are told to remember that ALL coconut palms are privately owned, even the ones on uninhabited islands. You must never help yourselves to the coconuts ... and anyway, they only charge 50c per coconut!! Download
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