This picture is the pair of shorts that gave up the ghost on this trip. They wore through in several places. On one hand it was disappointing to leave them, as they mad a great fashion statement when worn with colorful boxers. Here are some final thoughts: Education – Panama has one of the worst […]
There are innkeepers, and there is Carmen. Carmen and Marcel moved to Bastimentos from the Netherlands three years ago, and got this Caribbean inn. Most of the lodgings are on the water. Guests are delivered via water taxi. They are called by flying a red flag at the end of the dock. Carmen is a […]
We decided to fly back to Panama City, rather than busing it. We didn’t want to spend all day traveling. When I booked the ticket, the had the flight departing Changuinola (CHX). It is about an hour north of Almirante, the landside port to Bocas Town, the hub of the islands. Turns out there is […]
Carmen told us that if there is only one tour, this is the one. We took off in the morning with four of her other guests, a Brazilian couple and two young Romanian women. First Stop: Fuel. We were picked up at Carmen’s dock, then stopped at one of the docks. There was a lot […]
Anyone who has ever tried to shoot photos from a moving vehicle, knows that it is pretty much a fool’s errand. Anything close is blurry, even if the far is in focus. Nonetheless, I tried to take shots on the bus between Boquete and Bastimentos. What you will see is a series of semi to […]
If I was to say the “Boquete Gap” in Boquete, it would be redundant, in Brazil it would be unmentionable, and to us, very descriptive. In Spanish, Boquete means “gap.” This gap, is in fact between the Caribbean to the north, and the Pacific to the south. The rainy season ended in December, and now […]
The Enchanted River So of course Sharna signed us up for “quading,” or four-wheeling on New Year’s Day. Destintion, the fabled “El Rio Encantado,” a resort located on the banks of the Caldera River. We drove to Annie and Darin’s place where we mounted the quads. On the way we drove past Che, Sharna’s horse, […]
Boquete is the coffee growing area of Panama. Panamanian coffee has been having a huge surge in popularity over the last several years, particularly with the “Geisha” coffee, which has won the world coffee championship for the last several years. Naturally, touring a coffee finca, our plantation, needed to be on our itinerary. Finca Lerida, […]
Translation: Puts of Sun; Sunsets Most of you know that we are sunset junkies. Me, perhaps, more than Ellen. There is a significance to seeing the sun lower on the horizon, then disappear. Very much a transition, or passing of the day. These were taken over the Pacific from our beach in Las Lajas.
Sharna had old us that this beach was really something. Kevin, the Panama City tour guide, told us the tides go up 7 – 17 feet between high and low. in, the Panama City tour guide, told us the tides go up 7 – 17 feet between high and low. Given this beach is not […]
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