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Casco Viejo, Panama’s colonial star in the making
It is one of the oldest and most historic towns in Central America, pride of the Spanish empire and wealthy beyond belief during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It has classical Spanish...
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Paradise found, the spellbinding San Blas Islands
It is almost impossible to describe the overwhelming beauty of the San Blas Islands. They are everything a tropical paradise should be: white sand beaches floating in turquoise waters, coconut palms...
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Boat to paradise, the San Blas Islands
We spent four days in the San Blas Islands, although after the first few hours it felt like we’d been away from civilisation for several months. After an arduous morning of relaxing on Coco Blanco caye...
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Not all snakes are poisonous. If you see a snake tell us, don’t touch it.
So read the the section headed Critters in the welcome pack at the fabulous and remote cabana we were staying in amongst virgin tropical forest on Isla de San Cristobal in Panama’s beautiful Bocas del...
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The several faces of Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro is a magnet for tourists from all over the world, their popularity is obvious: beautiful palm fringed beaches, an easy-going vibe that is part-Caribbean, part-Central America and...
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Barack Obama owes me breakfast…from Nicaragua to Panama
OK, so the President of the United States isn’t entirely responsible for my missing breakfast, but if he hadn’t been arriving in San Jose, Costa Rica, for meetings with Central American leaders I would...
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Boquete, wake up and smell the coffee
After our epic hop, skip and jump through three countries in 36 hours we decided to spend the night in David, Panama. We were heading for Boquete, a small town in the wooded hills east of David, and...
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A walk through coffee country
After my disaster climbing Vulcan Baru the previous day, we decided a leisurely stroll through the wooded hills surrounding Boquete would be much more sensible. Although the day was hot, there was a...
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The great inter-oceanic railroad, from the Pacific to the Caribbean on the...
Crossing the Isthmus of Panama by rail has to be one of the great rail journeys in the Americas – not that there are many of the continent’s once magnificent railways left. Although I’m no train...
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Isla Taboga, an unforgettable panorama of Panama City
We decided to take a day trip to Isla Taboga – an hour’s boat ride from Panama City – despite the weather looking terrible. It wasn’t raining but the sky was grey and threatening. While we were hoping...
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Latin America…14 months in 14 photographs
Its almost impossible to sum up our experiences in fourteen photographs, but these represent some of our favourite places and events from our time in Latin America. Bolivia’s most colourful and unusual...
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