Preface: We planned to rent a car for two brief back-to-back day trips. We thought we might drive on Friday to Portobelo, a historic beach village just west of Colon. We hoped to leave early so we’d have the full day to explore. In addition to beaches and remaining Congo cultu.re, relics of four forts …
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San Blas at Last
Any one of the 350-plus islands in the chain or cluster of islands could be the subject of a dream, could have been home to Robinson Crusoe or even Wilson. Any one of them could be the island where two people in tattered clothing find themselves stranded after a horrific shipwreck. Perhaps looking for a …
I Love Panama
Yes, having recovered from illness, we hiked again today. We walked the Tower Trail in Soberania National Park. It might have been the last of the nearby hikes we had not done. The 2.2 in and out mile trail is a steep, paved road that winds through rainforest to the top of a hill where …
Carnival Season
Our quarantine and inactivity have been unsettling. Last Saturday enough time had passed for us to feel confident it was safe for us to be near people, at least at a distance. We had lunch at one of the most highly rated Mexican restaurants around. Spice, we thought, would do us good. The restaurant happens …
Parque Omar
May we never cease to be surprised. Stan and I study maps of Panama quite often. There’s something about paper maps; they tend to give the big picture at a glance and provide perspective in terms of position and distance better than those online. Yes, I know . . . I admit I also still …
Seven Plazas of Casco Viejo
Preface: This excursion took place over a week ago on about January 17. A few days later Covid finally caught up with us with Stan developing it first; mine kicked in a few days later. Thankfully, the fridge and pantry was stocked. We are quarantining and recovering fine. Since we were fully vaccinated and boosted …
50th Story – Playing House
Our time is going by so quickly. We have now been here in Panama three months! How can that be? And we are still visiting new spots and finding out more and more about this beautiful place. I did not intend this to be a travel blog but hoped instead to create stories that document …
Playa Veracruz
One of our favorite areas in Panama City is Casco Viejo, old town. Each time we’ve been there though we’ve had a mission . . . primarily meeting people for dinner. We’ve looked around a bit but not really spent a lot of time. We returned there this week to simply mill about and shop …
Cerro Ancon
We laid low yesterday and did very little. Stan was not feeling so hot and I had stuff to do. Today, though we were off again. But first, yes, I am still doing Pilates twice a week. Class was first thing this morning then we walked to the nail salon and made appointments for mani …
Botanicals
Stan and I have toured many botanical garden parks in our travels. It’s one of our favorite outings in each location. We have been in Panama nearly three months so far and we just this week found Parque Municipal Summit. It’s a 30-minute ride out of town and sits on the edge of Soberania National …