Feliz NaviBLAH SouthAmerWeCan readers! As the name of our blog implies, this trip is primarily intended to be a tour of South America. Look kids!, Machu Picchu, Igauzu Falls, the Bolivian salt flats, drug rugs!, etc. you get the picture. However, we thought it would be a good idea to practice our Spanish a bit […]
While we’ve been gone only three weeks, our short trip has already been a learning experience. Some lessons probably fall under the traveller-common sense category, but for us tend to slip through the brain and onto the sticky floor of a bus when a long day of traveling plops you down in a new city, […]
We have ventured away from the islands of Bocas Del Toro and arrived in Boquete, which is located in the Chiriqui Highlands of Panama. This is one of the most abundant growing regions in all of Panama due to fertile volcanic soil, a temperate climate, and consistent rainfall. How do we know all of this? […]
When we last left you we had just made it across the Panamanian border. Here’s an update of the last week or so. On the way to the border and once into Panama two thing were omnipresent: satellite dishes bearing the name “Claro!” and banana fields. One side of the road was apparently owned by […]
Crossing the border into Panama from Costa Rica is fun if you like: (a) standing in long lines without explanation; (b) sweating; and (c) getting dusted with industrial grade pesticides as you stand in those lines. Every car or truck that passes over the border gets a healthy dose of pesticide from what looks like […]
