Tag Archives: Panama

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned For this week’s photo challenge, show us abandoned. You can go literal, as I have, and share a photo of ruins, a desolate place, or your idea of a wasteland. Or you can interpret it in other ways, … Continue reading

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Poison Dart Frog

I’m sitting here on the patio working on the computer, and out of the corner of my eye I see a tiny little thing hop across the patio. It’s no bigger than the last section of my thumb. How cool … Continue reading

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Another New Bird – a Honeycreeper

We’ve had the cutest new birds visiting the bird feeder lately. At first we saw only the male, a beautiful little bird with a bright blue head. According to my bird books, he is a red-legged honeycreeper, a breeding male. … Continue reading

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New Neighbors – Oropendolas!

I love the oropendolas. They are beautiful and interesting birds and I’ve written about them before HERE and HERE (this one with a video).  There is also a Wikipedia article HERE. About a week ago I was riding my bike around … Continue reading

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Puerto Armuelles – a Day Trip

Yesterday we decided to explore Puerto Armuelles. It took us slightly over an hour to get there from David. We went to Paso Canoas on the Panama – Costa Rica border and then south, on good roads all the way. … Continue reading

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Random Photos and Videos from the Chiriqui Mountains

These are some miscellaneous photos from our time at the Boquete Tree Trek in the mountains above Boquete, Panama. There were so many opportunities for photographs so I have quite a lot of them! I also have a couple videos. … Continue reading

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More Flowers in the Chiriqui Mountains

At Boquete Tree Trek, they have put a lot of effort into making the grounds beautiful. Not far from our cabin was a little stream where flowers had been planted and there were walkways that made it easy to wander and enjoy … Continue reading

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Wildflowers in the Mountains

It’s summer in Panama and there seem to be more flowers than usual at this time of year. We saw a lot of interesting flowers and plants when we went hiking up the mountain, so here are some photos from … Continue reading

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Hiking in the Mountains

We spent some time at the Boquete Tree Trek in the mountains of Chiriqui Province. Of course I took lots of photos! I’m going through them now and I’ll be posting the ones I want to share as I get organized. … Continue reading

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The Mountains Above Boquete

We’re at the Boquete Tree Trek in the mountains above Boquete at about 5500 feet. When we bought this Oferta Simple (like a Groupon) I didn’t exactly know where we were going to end up. We drove to Boquete, and … Continue reading

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