Category Archives: Panama

*Bocas del Toro- Dolphins, Snorkeling and Surf*

Originally posted on FindingMySelfinPanama:
We’ve been in Bocas del Toro enjoying the town and a few of the many things that there are to do. We left on a tour around 10am that brought us back at 5pm. Kris has…

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Bocas Del Toro – the next day

Today was our second full day in Bocas Del Toro, and we had booked a boating excursion. We woke up to rain, alternating between sprinkling and a downpour, but by the time we left it was not much more than … Continue reading

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Bocas Del Toro – the first full day

We have had a great day! Today was our first full day in Bocas. The boat excursion we had planned didn’t happen because there weren’t enough people, so we decided to extend our stay by another day and book something … Continue reading

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Bocas Del Toro – We Have Arrived

Whew! It was a bit of a trip to get here. We took the bus, about 4 1/2 hours though mountains and Panamanian countryside. They had to turn off the air conditioning in the bus so it would have enough … Continue reading

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*Need help finding a Rental in David/Boquete? Meet Eduardo Horna via Video*

Originally posted on FindingMySelfinPanama:
I had spoken to Eduardo (Ed) Horna last month about shooting a short video to introduce him properly to the readers of the blog. I saw  Ed’s posts on the Yahoo Group “Gringos in David” while…

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still testing, feel free to ignore

Apparently if I send a photo from flickr to my blog, it immediately publishes it. That’s not going to work for me. I want to write a post, include a photo (probably multiple photos), edit the text, fiddle with it, … Continue reading

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testing, testing

I have uploaded too many large photos on my blog so I will be running out of space at some point. I am looking at alternatives. This photo is at flickr – two iguanas who showed up in my yard … Continue reading

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Curly Hair Products?

I don’t have curly hair. I wash, comb, and go so I don’t know anything about hair products. But, there are other people with curly hair who want to live here and are wondering about available products. Today at Arrocha, … Continue reading

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Playa La Barqueta

Yesterday we went to the beach, Playa La Barqueta. It’s about a half hour’s drive from David though the countryside and farmland. The beaches here are beautiful! It was Saturday but except for some people at the public beach, there were … Continue reading

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Widening the Panama Canal

I came across this very interesting video about the Panama Canal, and the project currently underway to widen it. It talks a bit about the history of the canal, how it was first built, and how it operates. Now there … Continue reading

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