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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 […]

Isla Blanca Panama (near Portobelo, Caribbean Coast)

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

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 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 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 […]

Monkey Business On Isla Boca Brava Panama

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 […]

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 […]