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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    Our home for 3 days
    The sea was pretty calm on this new sea kayaksAwesome sunsets and sunrises were included with the tourWe were the token Americans in a group of Canadians, eh.Our guide and chef, AdamSomewhere over the double rainbow2The trail between the campsites and the kitchen1Can you hear the howler monkeys calling each other in the background?Ready to head out to another island for more snorkeling

    Isla Coiba kayaking, snorkeling, camping

    20 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F

    We booked a 3-day 2-night kayak snorkeling and camping trip with fluid adventures.

    A lot of people do day snorkeling trips to some of the islands in rhis Maritime Park. But we wanted a little more time out there. And now the only way to spend the night on the island is through this trip or one other outfitter.

    This used to be a penal colony until about 25 years ago and now it's a protected world heritage site like the Galapagos.

    After an hour and a half boat ride, we set up camp and picked up our kayaks. We swam out from our site to a great snorkelling site right away. Over the three days, we saw lots of large sea turtles, sharks (white tip reef), eels, manta rays, and dozens of schools of colorful fish.

    Of course we had rain but that's part of the adventure. We had good company with two couples from Canada and our guide was from Canada too.

    Check out this short film from a new app I'm trying out. It's from Traverous. They take geotags and time stamps from photos and videos and make this presentation.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/BHvRySYkopcyd9rf6

    The whole photo album is here.

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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    Our new friend Kai from Charleston South Carolina
    At our Airbnb, coiba house2Probably the best sunset in Panama. Because of the orientation most people in Panama don't see a full sunset o1Land SharkCan you find the praying mantis in this photo?Packers lose!We had to make our own packer's barHe wanted to watch me shave

    Santa Catalina, Panama

    18 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F

    We have plenty of time, so we used public transportation to get from Santa Fe down to the Pacific coast Beach town of Santa Catalina. It took three buses and about six hours of travel and for two people that only cost about $20.

    We toyed with the idea of renting a car for this part of the trip but after looking at the logistics, it's so much easier and cheaper just to use the public transportation. Buses run between every 20 minutes or couple hours, depending on where you're at. and we wouldn't want to leave a car alone for several days/ a week while we're on an island

    This is a small fishing village that evolved into a surfer hotspot. And now it's getting more tourists like us who just want to chill at the beach or visit Isla Coiba.

    We rented a room on air b&b at a place called coiba house. The owner is a Canadian expat who moved here 16 years ago. in Toronto he bought a sailboat and a book on how to sail and learned on his way all the way down to the canal!

    We have the best view of the beach from up on the hill as you can see from the photos. This morning we're going to Isla coiba with fluid adventures. We're kayaking and snorkeling for three days and two nights.

    Isla Coiba is a formal penal colony that is teeming with life. It's like a mini Galapagos. We'll take a one and a half hour motor boat ride out there and get in the kayaks from there. Most people go for the day to dive or snorkel in the coral reefs but we get to spend three days and two nights and camp on the beach.

    More photos and vids are here.
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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    Taking a rest on our 3-hour horse ride and ready to pass through our third River
    Freshly picked cacao. The white stuff around the beam is sweet and delicious. After you dry the bean you make1A garden view from our room.1Sigh. More rainbows. If I clap my hands it seems a rainbow appears.2

    Santa Fe

    16 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ 🌧 79 °F

    Located at about 1400 feet in central Panama, Santa Fe also has a perfect climate. There's no need for aircon or heat. I read about a restaurant in the lonely planet guide book that is owned by a Khmer woman. She has a small hotel with the restaurant attached and that's all I needed to know.

    There's an amazing garden on a hill overlooking the best view in the valley. She grows herbs and spices and peppers for her restaurant and there's a lot of flowers and trees with a path you can walk through.

    It'ss misty in the morning and evenings and hot and sunny during the day and again it's cool at night with a beautiful breeze coming in from the Caribbean. Every day there's a rainbow at some point. We were pretty much in heaven because of this and the fact that we could walk 10 ft to an amazing Cambodian dinner each night.

    The roads and paths are pretty steep here and we did a lot of hiking up and around the neighboring villages. We tried to climb to the top of a nearby mountain but the path was so muddy we couldn't. You need to buy those knee-high rubber boots all the farmers wear. Apparently they're more for snakes than the mud. So we found a neighboring trail through the cloud forest instead. It was lush and green and again, no bugs!

    But the highlight was probably the horseback ride. We used Jungle Cat adventures for a three-hour horse ride and crossed three rivers and went even farther up into neighboring villages. It's a company owned by Lizzie, who's originally from Botswana but she's lived in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand before settling in Panama.

    And we met lots of nice people from different countries at our place. This town probably looks like what Boquete looked like 30 years ago. That's a tourism and retirement town we're going to soon. But right now Santa Fe is still a cowboy town with rural campesinos and a few foreign visitors. And that makes it pretty special.

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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    At the butterfly garden
    I 360 view from the top of La India Dormida mountain1Pretty sweet lodgings at La Casa PietraThat's all she wrote for this old workhorse. It probably lasted 34 countries over 5 years?A view of the caldera from Cerro Cariguana

    El Valle, Panamá

    11 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    El Valle is in the central Highlands of Panama. We had a lot of good hikes and ate plenty of good food. We stayed in a wonderful place called La casa de Pietra, a slightly upscale stone house in a shady garden. Our Costa Rican/ Italian host Alfredo was amazing. We did several long hikes up to small mountains and the views were picture perfect.

    We sweated our asses off during the day and then at about 5, cool winds would blow in and it made the most comfortable night's sleep you can imagine. The rustling of the leaves were like a natural white noise. And the best part of all is that there were no bugs! We left our patio door and windows open all day and night. For me this is the most perfect climate ever. Several times I told Deanne there's no bugs!

    Oddly, there were over 8 Italian restaurants in this small town. It's a weekend getaway for those in Panama City. We ate at one Italian place and then tried some local restaurants and a Spanish restaurant run by a sweet older couple from Spain.

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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    Driving across the Panama Canal

    Playa Coronado Panama

    9 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    This is where a lot of American and Canadian expats buy property to retire. It's a long, beautiful sandy beach that's mostly empty. Most of the huge villas and condos are empty too. Maybe these are all second homes? It was sunny and beautiful the entire time we were here and the water was perfect. We pretty much had the beach to ourselves each time we went.

    We loved our little hotel across the street from the beach with an outdoor kitchen. We met lots of nice Panamanians there while cooking and eating. Several times we walked around the neighborhood and were amazed at the size of the villas. You can actually call some of them compounds. Almost all had pools with yard and maintenance staff working all the time on these empty units, although one did have an armed guard out front for the VIP that was inside.

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  • Dave Hippler2020 Latin America/ Covid 19Pelancong
    Korean
    In Casco Viejo on a full moonOur condo1An optometrist's dream photo opPeruvian tonight1The Frank Gehry designed Bio Museo

    Panama City Panama

    4 Januari 2020, Panama ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

    For us, Panama City was all about warming up and eating good food. We had a condo with a pool and we're in a neighborhood with lots of ethnic restaurants. We had already seen a lot of the major sites eight years ago and we're content with just walking around after laying by the pool and finding new ethnic restaurants. Panama City is quite Cosmopolitan and there's a massive amounts of money flowing into the city because of the canal.

    There are dozens and dozens of 25 to 40 story condo and apartment buildings. A lot of them have empty units from foreign investors or vacation homes for rich foreigners. The skyline has changed a lot in the past 8 years.

    One of the big improvements since we were last here is the subway system. Panama City has the only Subway in all of Central America. It's clean and efficient and super cheap. can you imagine traveling all the way across a major city underground for $0.35? They just added a second line and they plan on adding two more lines over the next 20 years. Soon they will make a connection to Tocumen airport which will make it pretty convenient to get to the city.

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