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The 111th week on the road began with a journey from Boquete to Valle de Anton. It took about 9 hours with three different buses. The entire journey cost about $15 dollars in comfortable public buses. I arrived at Bodhi Hostel in Valle de Anton, which would be my base for the next three weeks. …

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After almost a month of exploring the jungles and mountains of Panama it time to hit the beach. I caught a few local buses and made my way down to Santa Catalina, the premier surf town in Central America. I stationed up working with Hotel Santa Catalina for a week and began adventuring around the …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #108: BACK TO THE TROPICS IN SANTA CATALINA

Santa Fe is a small mountain town in the region of Veraguas. I caught three buses from Boquete and it took me almost all day to make the journey costing about $15 total. The public bus system in Panama is pretty efficient and after more than ten buses, I’ve never waited for more than 10 …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #107: INCLINE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA FE, VERAGUAS

After the storms came to defeat us last week in Bocas Del Toro, we headed on a ferry and then a 5-hour bus inland towards Boquete. We were hoping to escape the storms or at the very least be in an environment where they didn’t affect the possible adventures like a tropical island. We checked …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #105: HIKING & WATERFALL HEAVEN IN BOQUETE, PANAMA

After our San Blas Adventure, Josh and I grabbed a private room at Hostel Casa Areka in Panama City. With a fridge, a desk and pancakes included for breakfast we were on for a solid week. We had five nights in Panama City and we decided to hit the ground running. Literally. I’ve been stepping …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #104: PANAMA CITY & BOCAS DEL TORO

This week Josh and I made it from Colombia to Panama. It took us five hours to get across the border with sniffer dogs and a slow, slow process. Our journey took four days but it was an epic four days. We were exploring the San Blas Islands on our way from Colombia to Panama …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #103: HAMMOCK LIFE IN THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS

Guatape was the base for the main days of this week’s adventure. An hour and a half bus ride from Medellin had us into the mountainous land of Guatape, a truly astonishing place that looked more like Europe than Colombia. Like many tourists before us, we had come to see the big rock, La Piedra …

Read More about THE WEEKLY #102: GUATAPE AND THE ‘BIG ROCK’ OF EL PENON