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Taxis in Panama are an interesting breed, and their yellow color is often the only similarity between two cars. Take Mr. Sanchez’s taxi, for example: over six years, he has spent much of his tip money stocking his car chock-full … Continue reading
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I went with the wonderful Jamuna Burry of playacommunity.com to a mixer she sponsored for the expats in the area. Speaking at the mixer was local gringo celebrity Don Winner of www.panama-guide.com. Don writes roughly 10 new posts a day on … Continue reading
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I’ve been staying with Kara and Jamuna for the last week, and helping out with photography for Jamuna’s very successful website www.playacommunity.com. Playacommunity provides information and acts as a gathering place for expats living on the Pacific coast from Gorgona … Continue reading
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It’s common to hear around these parts that Panama has the largest Carnaval celebration outside of Brazil. Whether or not that’s true, I can now say from experience that Panama’s Carnaval is nothing to scoff at. Because, if you gawk, … Continue reading
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Kara and I heard from some people that there was a great lake on top of the mountains at the end of the road to Las Lajas. We said “okay,” and decided to drive up there to see what all … Continue reading
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Recently my dad came down to Panama for 10 days. We fit more into 10 days than I thought was possible. I’ll leave the photos to tell most of the story, but we spent time in the wonderful San Blas … Continue reading
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Last weekend Tom and Liz invited me along to go sailing. Tom’s friend Regis owns a sailboat, and Tom had finagled us a great deal to spend the day out and about sailing from Panama City to Isla Taboga. Mike … Continue reading
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My friends Ysenia and Alex called me the other night, explaining that a strange tent had appeared down the road in Gorgona. They told me it was a circus, and for two dollars I could join them that night in … Continue reading
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My friend Tom had his birthday last Sunday, and his awesome wife Liz decided to get him kite-surfing lessons out at Nitro City as a surprise. Mike, Martha and I met up with them after the lessons for some food … Continue reading
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I was excited as hell for my mom to come down to Panama and visit. I had never been to the Caribbean side before, so we decided to go to the popular tourist spot of Bocas Del Toro. We did our research, … Continue reading
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Here we are, at the penultimate post before I have caught up with the times. This one will be a bit longer, as it deals with how I’ve spent much of my time these past several months. As many of … Continue reading
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One family that has been particularly wonderful to me so far in Panama is the Coates family. Their oldest son Charles is at LSU, but I met him and his cousin Alejandro when they came to my cafe back in … Continue reading
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For those of you who aren’t friends with me on Facebook or LinkedIn, you might not know that I’ve started up a photography business here in Panama. Well, it’s less of a business per-se and more of a word-of-mouth service … Continue reading
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At the recommendation of my friend and fellow photographer Chris Honiball I decided to grab myself some Moo Business Cards and develop my own business website to go alongside them. You can find my business site here. The cards are beautiful, and it’s … Continue reading
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Originally I had planned on not going back to the States at all during my time in Panama, but visiting my 89-year-old grandmother (“Meemaw”) in Lexington for Thanksgiving was a no-brainer. I flew out of Panama and into Lexington the … Continue reading