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Visiting Panama City, A Recap: Where I Stayed, What I Loved (AKA While I’ll be Back REALLY Soon)

June 18th, 2012

I know that you guys think I like everything…but I don’t.  If I don’t enjoy a meal or a bar…

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Check That One Off the Bucket LIst: The Panama Canal

June 15th, 2012

The Panama Canal is a miraculous engineering feat, a modern wonder of the world and something that I’ve always wanted…

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Casco Viejo, Panama City: Gorgeous Old Town under Heavy Rehabilitation

June 14th, 2012

Casco Viejo (or Old Town in Spanish) is just that…the old Spanish colonial section of Panama City.  It was completed…

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Good-Bye Coronado Beach, Hello Panama City

June 13th, 2012

Yesterday morning we left Coronado and Cesar’s parents to head to Panama City for 3 days and to end my…

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Checking out a Bit of the Coast Line in Panama: Coronado, San Carlos and El Palmar……

June 11th, 2012

Yesterday was a bit of a lazy day (for me), I relaxed on the family Lazy Boy and whiled away…

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Tranquilo in Panama: Playa Venao & Pedasi on the Azuero Peninsula

June 9th, 2012

We decided to take an overnight trip to the Azuero Peninsula…the area that is sometimes called the heart of Panama. …

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Panama: So Far I’m Really Digging It

June 7th, 2012

So last I spoke to you, I had arrived at Finca Bachita in Playa Coronado, Panama.  For those of you…

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Mangoes EVERYWHERE: Driving from San Jose, Costa Rica to Panama

June 5th, 2012

While Central America is relatively compact, the countries really start stretching out in the south…both Costa Rica and Panama are…

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Traveling from San Pedro, Belize to San Jose, Costa Rica: Now That WAS Easy

June 4th, 2012

I described my options for traveling in Central America in my post about Belize to Panama: Traveling Ain’t Easy.  It…

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Traveling Central America is Not Always Easy or Cheap: Belize to Panama!

May 31st, 2012

You remember my friends who are driving from Washington DC (they left just before Christmas 2011) to Argentina, right?  …

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One Evening in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, My Flight Home on Tropic Air and Buying Alcohol at Belize International Airport

May 16th, 2012

I had flown to San Pedro Sula, Honduras from Belize City, spent a few days in Omoa, travelled to Tela…

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Back to Roatan, An Afternoon in the West Bay and The Ferry Ride Home

May 15th, 2012

We had been in Guanaja, Honduras for two days, loving it but we had hardly seen Roatan.  It was my…

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Guanaja, Honduras: Maybe the Prettiest Place I’ve Ever Been, Part Two

May 13th, 2012

The island Guanaja is interesting to me for so many reasons.  The residents (citizens of Honduras…though some deny it) speak…

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Guanaja: Maybe the Prettiest Place I’ve Ever Been, Part One

May 12th, 2012

The three Bay Islands sit about 10 miles off the coast of Honduras in the Carribean Sea.  All of the…

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The Ferry to Roatan, Honduras and A Look at the West End

May 9th, 2012

The boat from La Ceiba, Honduras to Roatan seems simple enough.  Relatively cheap at $500 lempiras, fast at only 1…

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The Fort at Omoa, Tela, La Ceiba, Honduras and Barf Bags…

May 5th, 2012

After two nights in Omoa, Honduras, another friend, Emily, was flying into San Pedro Sula from California…we headed there to pick…

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Puerto Cortes & Omoa, Honduras and Turtle Eggs…Seriously?

May 4th, 2012

So where did I stop with my last post…I had taken a taxi from the airport in San Pedro Sula,…

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Flying from San Pedro, Belize to San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Tropic Air: What a View!

May 2nd, 2012

Relatively recently, Tropic Air (the domestic airline in Belize) added a new route to their international roster.  You can now…

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Crossing the Border from Mexico to Belize and the Thunderbolt Water Taxi from Corozal to San Pedro

April 3rd, 2012

I took the San Pedro Belize Express from Chetumal to San Pedro, Belize to get back home but my friends…

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A Cenote, Chedraui, Felipe Carrillo Puerto and My Trip Back South to Belize

April 2nd, 2012

One of my favorite parts about visiting the Yucatan is the cenotes.   Cenotes are sink holes in the limestone…

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