Hello from Boquete, Panama! I have to back up first to add a couple of things from my last entry, which I wrote while I was absolutely exhausted. When we were working with the turtle that night in Cahuita, we also tagged her on both flippers, and took a DNA sample for future research regarding how the turtles in various places are related. I als...

We caught the water taxi in the rain to Almirante then shuttle bused it onto David passing fertile, lush land and waterfalls. I was seated next to a very happy Andreas, a business consultant on holidays from Germany and we chatted for the 4 hour journey, my new best friend. The Argentina boi and the French Canadian girl were also on the journey....

Decided last minute to go on a tour of an organic coffee farm with the Scots that I met at the hostel. We were picked up by a coffee expert and went to get a tour with her boyfriend, who get this, has a PhD in coffee. Seriously. Mario got a degree in horticulture and studied the plants for many years. His family owend the land and there were tim...

32Km 9Hrs, but i´m still alive, barely. Had a good day yesterday, booked my flight to San Jose and misc on the web, then went for a 3hr game of soccer with some of the local guys in the parish hall, not a good preparation for today as i injured my right calf ligament. That made the assent today a bit more of a struggle and i´m totally shattered ...

Well, we´re on our way and slowly but surely we´re approaching that backpacking state of mind... Boquete is only adding to our sanity with cool weather and lots of choices. After Santa Fe and Santa Catalina with no internet, you will be happy to know that we are now connected. Besides the daily intake of two "batidos" and finally some laundry no...

Over wijn moet je niet lullen, je moet het drinken. Wijnproeverijen en aanverwant geslobber en gespuug vinden wij dan ook al gauw neigen naar onzin. Je zou kunnen zeggen dat hetzelfde geldt voor koffie. Toch kunnen sommige mensen angstaanjagend lang en veel vertellen over koffie, zo bleek tijdens ons verblijf in Boquete, Panama. Wij logeerden er...