WanderingWhy…

Here are some stupid unrelated observations and rants I’ve had while traveling in Latin America (don’t take any of this too seriously):

The queue is a figment of the North American imagination… or perhaps gringos are invisible due to our blinding white skin. I swear I’ve [...]

After spending nearly a month resting and getting fat with my old college roommate Jose, it was time to move on. It seems we spent the last few days at Jose’s cramming in Panama. I spent one night camping out on the beach in the open under millions of stars, another day hiking the “Sendero [...]

Did you ever just have one of those days? Sean and I had one of those days… mixed in with a lot of positives as well.
We got up early to take a bus north to Cerro Punta, to hike the Quetzal Trail. This trail is supposed to be one of the best trails [...]

What I find interesting about Panama is the influence of the US that I see here. Understandable, because as a country, the US has spent a lot of time here in Panama with the Panama Canal (and the invasion, which is another story). They do have their own coins which are used interchangeably with [...]

The Panamanian province we are staying in is called Chiriqui. North of the town we are staying in, Concepcion, is Volcan Baru, Panama’s highest point and only volcano. On either side of the volcano are two towns, Boquete and Cerro Punta. We visited both of these towns on separate days, [...]

For most countries in the world soccer is the biggest sport. Biggest in terms of the number of people who play and who are avid fans of it. The opinion in the US is a bit different, and surprisingly it is in Panama as well.
Many things about Panama remind me of [...]

Kids are much the same the world over. The last time I saw Jose he had a young son who was just as hyper-active as any other kid his age. Now that son is a young adult, but he has been “replaced” by a new version. Arturo is 2 years old and [...]

We feel extremely fortunate this Christmas. We have been taken in by Sean’s friend from college, Jose, and his family, wife Ingrid, thirteen year old Jose Jr. (who I promised I would blog about later and refer to as Original Gangster Panamanian Dog or “OG P-Dog”), and two year old son Arturo.
On Christmas Eve [...]

Just a quick post to say thank you to the Nomikos family children. Avery, Jazmine and Justin sent us the best Christmas present ever this year. They really liked our post about the animals in Costa Rica so they made us some cards and Dad was nice enough to email them to us. [...]

Happy Holidays from Dawn and Sean. Have a wonderful Christmas! We will be thinking about everyone this Christmas day in Panama.