After sticking Hank into a shipping container bound for Colombia, and Sheri joining me in Panama City for a couple days, we headed to the...

The Panama Canal surprised me about how interesting it is. It truly is a an engineering marvel for its time. It has been considered as...

Panama City is a city of great contrasts - between old and new, rich and poor, humanity and nature. Panama City was founded in 1519 by...

I read about a Wounaan village called Puerto Lara and decided to check it out. It is a small town on the Lara River in the Darien...

On Monday I drove to the end of the Pan-American Highway in Yaviza, Darien Province. For logistiical and environmental reasons, the road...

I left Bocas del Toro on February 12th and headed to Boquete. A nice drive through the mountains and tropical rainforests of Bocas del...

On to Panama. After a long, confusing border crossing into Panama, I headed to Almirate, parked the truck at some secure parking (Leiza's...

Time to start heading to Panama. Rodrigo convinced me to stay an extra day and go to Volcan Poas National Park. So glad I did. The crater...

Last weekend I got the opportunity to go on a 4x4 outing with Rodrigo, Claudia, and Thiago and their friends. What a blast! We left on...

Climbing into the Jeep felt like seeing an old friend I haven't seen in a while -- at first a little unfamiliar but after a short time,...

It was so good being home for Christmas with family. Sheri and I had lots of quality time with Henry. We took him to visit Santa Claus...

A look back on all the wonderful people Sheri and I have met during our first three months of our road trip. “Perhaps travel cannot...

I saw perhaps the world's most beautiful bird the other day. I had a little bit of time before heading back to Santa Ana (near San Jose)...

Tortuguero is famous as a major site for nesting of four species of sea turtles. Unfortunately it was the wrong time of year to see...

I had the privilege of visiting a Bribri village near Puerto Viejo and learn about their culture including all the different plants that...

On my first afternoon in Puerto Viejo, I visited Ara Manzanillo, a refuge for the beautiful Great Green Macaws. Great Green Macaws are a...

On the way to Puerto Viejo, I took some time to go rafting on the Rio Pacuare. The run on the river is 18 miles long with 53 class II to...

The area around Puerto Viejo de Talamanca is a laid back sort of place, full of Tico tourists and backpacker tourists. I spent four...

Heading from La Selva to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, I spent the night at a campground called Caribbean Rainforest Sloth. It was a...

While at La Selva I had the good fortune to meet a bunch of bat enthusiasts who were there for a meeting on bat conservation. They were...