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Monserrate Cableway – Teleférico de Monserrate Bogota, Colombia

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. […]

Bogota Colombia Is Safe To Travel With Kids

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 […]

Ironman Panama and Cycling Islas Calzada de Amador

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

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

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

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 […]

Unschooling & World Schooling Whilst Traveling Longterm

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 […]

Perfect Day in Island Paradise Boca Brava, Panama

PERFECT DAY in Island Paradise Boca Brava, Panama A Perfect Day in Island Paradise What makes a perfect day in Island Paradise you might ask? And is it possible to even have a perfect day? I believe it is. For it is not the events itself that make it perfect, but rather the feelings that […]

Day Trip To Isla Bolano Panama

Day Trip To Isla Bolano and Gamez Golfo de Chiriquí National Park Islas Bolano here we come! Today is a new adventure as we go exploring to Day Trip To Isla Bolano and also another national park on islands nearby, and we are quite excited. Two boatloads We have two boatloads for our visit to […]

Farewell Isla Careneros – Hello Bocas del Toro Panama

Farewell Isla Carenero Hello Bocas del Toro Panama We would like to spend some more time at our resort before we head to Bocas Del Toro Panama. We really don’t want to leave because this island feels like paradise. Paddle Boats So our morning seems to drag. Once again we are entitled to include free activities. […]

My Birthday On Isla Carenero, Bocas del Toro, Panama

My Birthday On Isla Carenero Bocas del Toro, Panama Last Year’s Birthday Today I turn 51 years old and we are at Isla Carenero. Last year, turning 50 was horrible. I was trying to sell my home and things were not working. Plus, I was running out of money waiting for our house to sell […]

Boquete Chiriqui Highlands – Waterfalls and National Park

Boquete Chiriqui Highlands – Waterfalls and National Park- Bienvenidos from Boquete Chiriqui Highlands!  Today is a day to explore the surrounding Boquete mountains and the gorgeous area around us. Thanks to some local luxury travel experts, we already know what to expect on this exciting single parent travel experience. At the bus station, we can see a […]