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Monday, 4 March 2019 Boquete, Panama Early start to catch the 0830hrs public bus from Panama City to David, 450km away. Not looking forward to this journey. Arrive at the bus station thinking the tour company will already have pre-booked the tickets. Er no. You can’t pre-book. First come, first served. Tour leader tells us… Read more

Sunday, 3 March 2019 Panama City, Panama   Today is the start of the organised group tour travelling from Panama through Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras to Guatemala. Meet up with the other three English members of the group and the tour escort, who is Guatemalan. The local guide for Panama City meets us.… Read more

Saturday, 2 March 2019 Panama City, Panama   Having accumulated nineteen postcards since Buenos Aires, in need of a post office. Lo and behold, there’s one in the shopping centre adjacent the hotel. Easy peasy. For avid readers of the blog, you will recall the Bariloche post office escapade (blog post ‘25. A bit of… Read more

Friday, 1 March 2019 Panama City, Panama Have always wanted to go through the Panama Canal ever since I was a kid in the 1970s and read about the construction of it in one of my Grandfather’s old encyclopaedias. Only taken 40 years to achieve. Today entails a partial southbound transit from the docks at… Read more

Thursday, 28 February 2019 Panama City, Panama   “Can Touring Taurean please proceed to the departure gate 12.” Here we go. Thought I. It’ll be a passport check as have checked in online as usual. Ho. Ho. Ho. I’m being denied boarding. Only have a one way ticket to Panama you see. And that’s not… Read more

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Surprise, surprise. Another hot and steamy day. Was meant to be going on a speedboat cruise to the Rosario Islands today to sit on a beach for the day, with a free lunch thrown in. Those that know me, know that I don’t do beaches. But you could… Read more

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Currently in Cartagena, on the Colombian Caribbean coast cooking quickly in the steamy heat. Can’t begin to tell you how hot and humid it is. Constantly leaking. The last time I felt humidity like this was in Hong Kong. Not the ideal circumstances to be concentrating constantly to… Read more

Monday, 25 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Short 1hr flight to Cartagena. Finally arrived at the Caribbean coast after 65 days of travelling. Couple of days in Cartagena before the next leg of the trip. Central America. So. That’s that. South America. Tick. Read more

Sunday, 24 February 2019 Medellin, Colombia   Medellin. Famous for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Drug Cartel. Was due to visit the area where his house is but the authorities demolished it only two days ago, on Friday. It’s to become a memorial park for all those that were killed by him and his cartel… Read more

Saturday, 23 February 2019 Medellin, Colombia   Not much to report today, dear reader. It’s been a long drive from Pereira to Medellin over the mountains. Only 140miles but taken 7hrs. Leaving the coffee plantations of the Pereira region behind, follow the road to Medellin but after only 1hr have to wait 40mins for roadworks.… Read more