Ruta Maya 3 – Orange Walk This Way
Thursday 10th - Friday 11th April 2014We left Punta Gorda in the morning, a bit sad to leave. I didn't really get a measure of the place when I visited…
Ruta Maya 2 – Gingdom of the Crystal Skull
Tuesday 8th - Wednesday 9th April 2014After a few days of sleeping on buses, border controls, passport stamps and terrible food, Casey and I arrived in the wonderfully ramshackle town…
Ruta Maya 1 – The Three Lies of Bocas
Friday 4th - Monday 7th April 2014I don't take over Jinja Island until May 1st, so Casey and I have a spare month to go and explore Central America, one…
The Skinny on Jinja
Tuesday 1st April 2014 You wanna brief tour of Jinja Island? Yeah? Yeah??Okay then...............Here's everything you need to know about my little gingdom by the sea. A Brief Tour of…
I Will Make it Legal
Wednesday 26th March 2014Normally when buying or selling property you need your own lawyer to talk to the other party's lawyer (at a cost of $100 a letter) and one…
Jinja Island Boat Dock Calm
An Island To Call My Own
Tuesday 25th March 2014Bocas Del Toro is a charming little place, firmly on the backpacker route around Central America, yet not yet marred by the influx of mass tourism. There's…
The Hundred Dollar Taxi Ride
Monday 24th March 2014There are loads of buses throughout the day that take you to the bordertown of Sixaola, just 30 miles from Bocas Del Toro, Panama. But there's only…
The Way To San Jose
Sunday 23rd March 2014I don't know how, but I woke up in time to drive Casey and I back through Manhattan to Newark airport, fill up with petrol, return the…
The Big Apple Turnover
Saturday 22nd March 2014Of course we made the flight by the skin of our teeth and of course we were the last to board, because that’s what always happens. But…
The Last Days of Home
Friday 21st March 2014To say the last couple of weeks have been a bit hectic would be one hell of an understatement. As well as prepping to move to Panama,…