Day 113: San Blas Islands, Panama I’m sailing to Colombia and I’ve had a lot of time to the boat to reflect about everything I’ve learned in the last 4 months with travel in Central America (and Mexico). Not every post can be a great piece of literary work but I have learned a few [...]
I was on the fence as to whether I should sail from Panama to Colombia. The accounts of the trip were polarizing; some people had a disasterous time with cokehead captains beaching their ship on sand bars while they spent the entire time seasick but then there were those who said it was a highlight of their trip.
Day 112: Panama City, Panama I didn’t really know much about Panama before I arrived. It seems to fall under the radar and the only references I knew were the Panama Hat (which is actually from Ecuador) and the Panama Canal. While planning this trip I watched the Amateur Traveler Video podcast of the Panama [...]
Day 111: Panama City, Panama I’m not a big fan of fast food; I have the occasional drunken hankering for Burger King but we didn’t eat a lot of it growing up, especially since my mother told me McDonalds put worms in its hamburgers. We did eat Kentucky Fried Chicken for family birthdays. I don’t [...]
Day 110: Panama City, Panama Panama City is a beautiful city and by far the nicest and safest in Central America. Its American influence is prevalent in the financial district and it feels like a modern city. However, one of the most famous streets, Avenida Central, feels like I’ve transported back in time 30 years [...]
Day 105: Fortuna Cloud Forest, Panama When a local coffee grower decides to go organic he earns the nickname “El Loco,” at least that’s what happened to Don Cune. After years of blasting his crops with pesticides he became concerned about the number of deaths and cancer-related ailments in the area. Each day he’d come home [...]
Day 106: Fortuna Cloud Forest, Panama I met Rocky my second night at the Lost and Found Lodge. Rocky is a kinkajou and while I thought he was a type of monkey, he’s actually a type of raccoon. Kinkajou’s are also known as honeybears because of their soft light brown fur. Rocky has had an interesting [...]
I'm Ayngelina and in my mid-thirties. I left an amazing job, boyfriend, apartment and friends to find inspiration in Latin America. I'm creating a new life choosing what I want instead of what other people think I should do.
