In my last posting, I shared about our continued saga of car troubles. But in the midst of all the challenges, we were able to stay at a few places overnight that helped us temporarily forget about what we would…
Reflections for 2017
It’s a quiet New Year’s Day morning here in Pedasí with an occasional blast of fireworks throughout the pueblo. Last night at midnight, the fireworks were non-stop for a few hours. Many homes were having parties, most of which were…
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, and Lots of Walking- Part 3a: Washington D.C.
In light of today being election day in the U.S., I felt it was somewhat relative that I write about the final segment of our visit to the United States – Washington D.C. I have no idea what the results…
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…
Meanwhile back in Pedasí…
I was going to continue writing about our trip to the U.S., but I am back in Pedasí and it is now the beginning of the Panamanian holidays – November & December, with more things to talk about. I will…
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…
I Don’t Think I Should Go to Boquete Anymore
Let me clarify. There is nothing wrong with Boquete. It is nice to visit for a few days. We enjoy the landscape and flowing sound of the river running through the center of this mountain community, along with the cooler…
Small Town Life: Advantages & Disadvantages
As you probably already know, we live in a small town. Pedasí has a population of about 2000, give or take a few hundred, and the Pedalsí district (from Purio to Cañas) has about 4000 inhabitants. Although there is some…
Wrapping Up the End of the Year-2015
Today is New Year’s Eve. So far it has been pretty quiet in the pueblo, but I am sure the festivities will begin this evening. Since I haven’t wrote on this blog for a week, I thought I would wrap up…