Monserrate Cableway Teleférico de Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia Whether you call it a cable car, funicular, teleferico or gondola, the 1929 Monserrate Cableway is worth a visit when visiting Bogota (which was originally a railway until 1955). Bogota is full of life and we’ve just enjoyed the last few days exploring the historical quarter of Bogota and visiting Divercity. […]
Visiting Diversity – A Great Education Tool For Travelling Kids Today we are visiting Divercity. It is a three-floor center on the side of a shopping center. Here kids learn all about careers and jobs. They roleplay in an educational way. They have their own bank and are given some starter currency. Getting to Diversity […]
Bogota Colombia Is Safe To Travel With Kids If I had a dollar for every concerned friend who was concerned if Bogota Colombia is safe to travel with kids I would be a rich woman. Today is our first real day since arriving from Panama that we have to explore Bogota. We did very little […]
Isla Blanca Panama (near Portobelo, Caribbean Coast) A Day Trip To Isla Blanca Panama Today we have been invited to join the team of Wisconsin folk to go to Isla Blanca Panama. There are a few others from the mission base who also come along for the day. The teams have just come back from […]
Giardia and Shigella In Panama – A Sick Single Mum Can you believe that this is now our third bout of illnesses between the two of us since we have arrived in this country as Giardia and Shigella In Panama strikes me down! After our recent trip exploring Panama, is lovely to be back with our […]
The Old City of Panama Viejo Stay And Play The Old City of Panama Staying in the old city of Panama has its challenges. For starters it is old – no kidding you might say. But this means it is midst a HUGE renovation era. Every other property seems to be getting a facelift or […]
Ironman Panama and Cycling Islas de la Calzada de Amador Cycling Islas de la Calzada de Amador We jump into a Panama City taxi and ask to go to The Causeway because we want to check out the cycling Islas de la Calzada de Amador using a tandem. At first the taxi driver says he […]
Losing Prescription Glasses And Travel Insurance What happens when I lose my prescription glasses in Panama Losing prescription glasses can be a real drama when you are traveling. My good pair cracked in Hawaii, but I have a backup pair and I’m prepared I tell myself. But how wrong I was! How it happens It all becomes […]
Exploring The Old City Of Panama Viejo Panama Viejo – exploring the old city We Explore the Old City Of Panama Viejo We have left behind our perfect day at Boca Brava and today we have been to explore the old city of Panama Viejo. Viejo means old, and this is the oldest settlement on […]
Stranger Kindness And The Power It Has What Exactly Is Stranger Kindness? Stranger kindness has an impact on others, and we show you what and why it is important to open yourselves to random acts of kindness as we travel. When you do something kind for a stranger it opens your world for goodness to come […]
Schooling Whilst Traveling Longterm Unschooling & World Schooling This week should be the start of a new calendar year of schools in Australia but we are in Panama. Traveling is amazing and we see and do so much. Yet it has proven to be really hard for both of us in some ways. Trying to […]
Monkey Business On Isla Boca Brava Panama Monkey Business Today we went out looking for monkeys in the dark on Isla Boca Brava but only saw a few. We often hear them howling all through the night and it is really loud. My photographs were not that great as I had to use the flash […]
