Wow! It’s already December. November with its full month of holidays, parades, and fiestas is past. As I have written in previous blogs, the month of November in Panama has many holidays, both national and local. With that comes lots…
Planes, Buses, Trains, Cars, a Boat, & Lots of Walking – Part 3b:Washigton DC
Today is Veteran’s Day in the U.S. and it is only fitting that I post the remainder of our visit to Washington D.C. last month. For the last two days of our visit, we continued to ride the metro to…
Planes, Buses, Trains, Cars , a Boat, & Lots of Walking – Part 2:Annapolis, Maryland
Continuing with the 2nd part of our recent trip to the U.S. and the main reason for our visit, we left New York City by Greyhound bus to Annapolis, Maryland with a stop-over and bus change in Baltimore. Greyhound…
Planes, Buses, Trains, Cars, a Boat, and Lots of Walking- Part 1: New York
I am taking a break from blogging about Panama to share about the 2-week trip we took to the U.S. I returned to Pedasí 3 days ago from a whirlwind visit to the East Coast. Our main reason for this…
Where did January, 2016 go?
¡Buena! (The common greeting here in Pedasí.) I know it has been at least a couple of weeks since I wrote anything on my blog. I have been meaning to but then get busy with something else and the time…
High Season is Starting Again
The tranquilo has returned to our little village for now after a week-long observances of local traditions and national holidays. But this is not the end, just a break. Other nearby towns have their local celebrations. I was in…
Coiba Island (Repost) – Travelog Tuesday
I just read a great posting from another blogger I follow in Panama, Richard Dietrich. It is about Coiba Island, located in the Gulf of Chiriqui, west of the Azuero Penisula (Pedasi is on the east side of the Azuero). I…