Panama Independence
While Americans were heading to the polls to vote for their 44th president, Panamanians had already begun celebrating. They were not celebrating the victory of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president,...
View ArticleCulebra Island
Culebra Island is one of 4 islands at the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal. At one time these islands were a very strategic military base, the U.S. established them as Fort Grant to guard the...
View ArticlePanama Canal
The primary reason for “stopping” in Panama was to visit the Canal and see it operating first hand. It is an amazing testament to mans ingenuity and creativity, both things good and bad. For the past...
View ArticleCasco Viejo, Panama
What we know as Panama City today is actually the 3rd city built in the past 500 years. The original city was settled by the Spanish in 1519, northeast of the current city. It was destroyed by the...
View ArticleLatin America Travel: A reflection in photos
We have already taken 10′s of thousands of photos and I have kept maybe 30% of these. Just the process of managing our photos has turned into quite the project. I was working on these yesterday and...
View ArticleEcuador Pizza
Our family are big fans of pizza! What family isn’t right? Well, we always make a point of finding a pizza shop in the towns we visit, and try the local flavors. Surprisingly, or not, there are some...
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