Category Archives: Blog Post

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →