We have a new video up on our YouTube channel of our time travelling through the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Enjoy, subscribe, and share! 🙂
New Video: Central America II
Tag: Panama
Days 295 – 299: Panama to Colombia and our first week in Bogotá
On the morning of Monday, May 14, we headed to the airport with our worldly belongings to fly to the next country and continent on our itinerary. Our trip was relatively seamless, other than the nonsensical 107 USD we had to pay for excess luggage. We used Copa Airlines and their luggage allowance was two […]
Our favourite places in Central America
Before delving into our favourite places in Central America, I would like to call attention to the fact (as obvious as it may be) that everyone travels differently. Phil and I enjoy exploring cities, meeting different types of people (preferably those without psychopathic traits), learning about the history and culture of the place we are […]
Days 288 – 294: Preparing for take-off!
Our last week in Panama was a rainy one (surprise!), but we didn’t have much planned in the way of sight-seeing. A few visits to the mall and a date night was all we did aside from packing. We planned to put the bike on a plane and fly over the Darien Gap since we […]
Day 287: The Panama Canal
We finished off another rainy week in Panama City with a visit to the Canal de Panamá (Panama Canal) on Sunday, May 6. The Panama Canal is an impressive 77 km artificial waterway that runs through Panama, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The entry was 30 USD (~38 CAD) and we started our visit with […]
Days 276 – 286: Dodging rain and doing stuff
For the next two weeks, we did what we do best and occupied ourselves in productive ways while waiting for another dry day in Panama City so we could go out an do some more sight-seeing. We clocked in quite a bit of work hours, ran some bike-related errands, and had an array of home-cooked food […]
Day 275: The old quarter of Panama City
On our second Tuesday in Panama City, we decided to take a chance and go out to do some exploring, rain or shine. We had not seen any rain that day and the weather forecast (not that we always trust it) looked promising. The old quarter, Casco Viejo, comes with the highest recommendation of things […]
Days 260 – 274: Chitré to Panama City and the rainy season
Our last two days in Chitré were spent lounging by the pool and logging in work hours, and then on Wednesday, April 11, we did the 3-hour ride to our last stop in Central America – Panama City. We were happy to make it to our next home for the month; however, what we didn’t realize was […]
Day 259: A day trip to Playa Venao
Since we were stopped in Chitré for a few days and there wasn’t much to do within the city itself, we decided to do a day trip to Pedasí, a coastal town that is about 1.5 hours to the south of Chitré, on Sunday. The day was hot, but the ride was pleasant as the road was nice […]
Days 253 – 258: Costa Rica to Panama
On Monday, April 2, we bid farewell to San José and started to make our way towards Panama with our first stop being in San Isidro de El General, a small city that was a three-hour ride away. This was one of our less enjoyable rides as we had a scare with the bike early in our […]
