Panama

Panama was the destination for the latest guy trip - sailing to remote islands off the Caribbean coast.  Let's just say it wasn't Mike's favorite trip.  He tried sleeping on the top deck for extra [...]

Amazing to see, the Panama Canal was completed in 1914. It cut 8,000 miles off the route, avoiding the treacherous trip around Tierra Del Fuego in South America. The Canal is 50 miles long with [...]

A morning stroll through the neighborhood. A big attraction here was Lotto tickets, sold not by computer but by individual. Table after table with numbered tickets - people wander around until they find the ticket [...]

Our first impression was wow! Bigger than we thought! Dense high rises, a booming construction industry. After a few days? It's a weird place. The infrastructure is woefully inadequate. Traffic is constant, honking is a [...]