Two days of transit and we’ve arrived on Panama’s Caribbean coast. It’s been a trying couple of days, the kind that leave you (okay, me) smacking your forehead (okay, mine) and wondering why you though THIS route was a good …

Twilight in Casco Viejo.   I’ve always found New Year’s Eve to be the most anti-climactic of holidays. The big moment approaches, everyone gathers and excitement buzzes around the neighborhood. Then the final ten second countdown, the exclamation of “Happy …

Greetings again from Panama City. We’re now staying in Casco Viejo (Panama’s old city), at the Hostel Panamericana. Our room sits on the third floor and has a balcony that overlooks a playground where kids have been playing soccer for …

Greetings from Panama. Land of Canals. Or Canal. I don’t know if they have more than one. But as Panama says, “It’s not the size of your canal, it’s your canal’s importance to world economics!” I’ll have photos soon, but …

Corrinne and I are finally on our way. We’re sitting in the airport in Providence waiting on our flight to Newark. From there, we will catch a flight to Panama City, thus beginning The Great Central American Adventure. This morning, …

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve recently become owner-by-proxy of my girlfriend’s rabbit, who goes by the moniker of Baron von Widget (a.k.a.–The Widge). A big part of any adventure for us now involves getting the Baron into …

My friend Logan Phillips, who spent a few years living in Mexico and has traveled extensively in Latin America, generally shuns guidebooks. We traveled together in Spain a few years ago, and I’m sure I made myself into a right …

I’m counting down time to the Great Central American Adventure. Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc. Ten weeks, give or take (the return date is still up in the air), starting with Panama City and heading north until the money runs …