Panama

I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.

Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.

Henry Nilsson

Joanna

Hasta Luego 🖤

No international travel for a couple years. Cancelled plans & flights and Covid fears. Finally light at the end of a tunnel so dark....

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The Mouth of the Bull

After having endured tropical storms at their worst, I was eager to experience the blissful and unspoiled beauty the Caribbean had to...

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Life is Life

I left the San Blas Islands… a day earlier than I had paid for. I packed up all my rain-drenched belongings and hit the sea… Maj Lis and...

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Do You Believe in Marmalade?

Fnally… FINALLY… I made it off my sailing ship torment. They were all probably just as happy to see me go, as I was to leave. Quarters...

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Thanks, Paola…

My relationship with Paola, from Tao Travel, began in a quite positive manner. She seemed amiable and undeniably competent at her job. A...

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Wonder of the World

My own personal tour of Panama City continued… as I attempted to explore every nook & cranny… while attempting to stay relatively dry. ...

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Panamania

Besides the usual bout of life-threatening turbulence and seesawing down the runway, we all made it into Panama without a scratch on any...

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Ciao Ciao Pura Vida

So that was it… the finale for Costa Rica. It just seemed like such an abrupt ending to a somewhat incredible month-long adventure. It...