Stanford Panama City

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

Hola Pola,<br><br>Het blijft voorlopig snertweer in Puerto Jimenez en ook blijken meerdere rangerposten in het National Park gesloten te zein vanwege het weer en om de flora en fauna de rust te bieden....op zich prima voor de dieren natuurlijk, maar jammer dat er zo weinig mogelijkheden zijn voor ons op dit moment in Corcovado. We hebben besloten om te gaan verkassen naar Panama. Op de weerkaart blijkt echter onze volgende geplande ...

Accepting the fact that we just aren´t meant for the city, we decided to stay on Isla Taboga another night. Having no more cash, however, we had to move on from Zoriada and Rafa´s place. We settled into a very nice inn. Our room had a great balcony overlooking the bay. Despite having no A/C, the breeze through the open french doors did just fine. <br><br>Our main activity for the day was hiking to Cerro de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross). The hour-long hike, with ...

... City! <br><br>Casco Viejo is the old town centre of Panama City, filled with beautiful colonial buildings which are all the more charming in their delapidated state. Some of them are completely shelled inside making way for an overgrowth of trees and plants giving it a bit of a greenhouse feel. The streets are cobbled and uneven and the pavements have m***********s where the manholes were either supposed to be located or have been removed. I wonder how many people have ...

Beautiful beaches. <br><br>Too bad they are flanked by zealots and bikers. Been a long time since I had seen such racism co-existing with constant praise to the almighty (I know, usually go hand-in-hand). <br><br>If you are looking for a confederate flag boogie board, they have plenty to choose from. <br><br>White sand, clear aqua water...and lots of country families compliments of Alabama. If you can ...

... train station where they have armed guards, and that Paul and myself were free to go on alone. So we did. Long story short, it was totally sketchy, we could tell we were obviously the only tourists around (by the stares we got), we dared each other to step into a shady bar to get a beer just to say we had, and went straight back to the station. <br><br>Now heres where it turned into a truly tremendous day. The train ride along the Panama Canal is FANTASTIC and worth every cent ...

Well I made it but have been struggling to use internet or email so finally found somewhere with decent access.<br><br>My journey here was uneventful, with a short stopover at Newark airport and absolutely no problems with immigation when finding our I was flying to Panama and solo! Im not sure I will experience the same when flying back from Colombia back to the States, for obvious reasons!<br><br>The hostal Ive booked myself into turned out to be first on the list in the Casco ...

... or other critters that may be near by. This area of Florida has the most diversity of living creatures than in all of the US including bears. It was after lunch at the Marina, when I decided to take a walk along a rustic path to a beach cove area, that I saw an alligator in the water - grassy area just under a small bridge. Being the good tourist, I had to take a picture and it was then that he slapped his tail on the ...

... the boat and sailing it to the pier at the condo. Then it's a calm fishing day. Except, the first boat's motor catches on fire, out in the water. The only replacement is a pontoon, which isn't the best for casting. But nothing stops dedicated fishermen/women. There's enough fish for dinner! No suprise.

To say my family lives for fishing is an understatement. Mom's father Lew Wright lived on the trout stream. When we were old enough to be "papoosed" on his back, we were out hiking and fishing. Not that we remember any of it at that age. Lew was well known in Western Pennsylvania for his fishing skills. He retired early from Alcoa ...