January 27, 2010 I follow Adolfo out of the Miraflores Locks (good-bye Panama Canal!) As we are leaving he tells me that before he retired he built one of the huge smokestacks for the powerful generators there at the Canal. He rides that heavy Goldwing like a moped! i can hardly keep up! First he [...]
January 27, 2010 For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with the Panama Canal. It is one of the modern world’s true feats of engineering, and I just could not bear to leave Panama without seeing it. So I pushed back my appointment at the Suzuki dealer and decided to squeeze [...]
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January 26, 2010 [A huge THANK YOU to my friend Igor who was a great travel companion into the Darien AND shared his photos with me.] Finally, some pics of ME! (one of the hazards of traveling alone: precious few pics of yourself!) Photo Credits: Igor Oops…caught me! Igor has a travel blog of his [...]
January 25, 2010 Last night Igor Skyped me to see where I was at (we’d met in Honduras New Year’s Day and rode together with Mario). Turned out he was already in Panama City, and was wondering if I was close by. He wanted to ride into the Darien and thought it might be better [...]
January 23, 2010 I got an early start, but not too early since I’d been advised the border offices did not open until 8:30 am. The Costa Rican side was a breeze…here is my bike at the Panamanian side… It was a little confusing…like usual. When I finally finished my paperwork and went back to [...]
January 18-19, 2010 Costa Rica is so Americanized they’ll accept US Dollars or Colones. $1 = ~550 colones It was some strange math to wrap my brain around. <> The room at Playas del Coco was clean, inexpensive ($20/night) and beachfront, and since i was still thinking I had plenty fo time to get to [...]