Biking and Sloths in Panama

Punta Culebra Nature Centre Today our first stop is the Amador Causeway. One of the things that really appealed to the Sister about Panama are the sloth encounter possibilities. These cute creatures are a favorite and one of today's goals is to spot one in the wild. With this in mind, there is a Smithsonian Nature Reserve called the Punta Culebra Nature Centre. After doing some reading, the...

Panama’s Casco Viejo (Old Town)

Panama City's Casco Viejo For our first full day in Panama, we decided to spend it in Panama's Old Town, or Casco Viejo. This is the older settlement portion of the town but is wonderfully preserved. It boasts these beautifully colourful Spanish colonial buildings. And walking through the small streets, every corner you turn transports you back to a different time. All of us really enjoyed the...

Heading to Panama

Catching up on some blogging. In 2019, a few of us spent a week in Panama. This will be the first blog for that Panama trip. First Stop: Mexico (On the way to Panama) The Sister's husband picked dropped us all off at the airport. Being December, YVR set up some interesting back drops in anticipation of Christmas so figured, why not partake! After passing through security we had a little time to...

Continental Minion! Checking all the Continents off the bucket list

Visiting all Seven Continents With the completion of my recent trip to Australia, not only did I check Australia off the "visit list", but also hitting all seven continents from my bucket list as well. For as long as I can remember, stepping foot on all seven continents had always been at the top of my bucket list. And for the past several years, there was a focused effort to make that dream a...

Scandinavian Wrap Up

Throwback to Scandinavia 2013. We toured the Golden Circle and spent our last days in Iceland before heading home. Here is one final wrap up of my Scandinavian adventure Scandinavian Wrap Up At the time, this was the longest and most eagerly anticipated trip I had embarked on. When all was said and done, we were on the road for over a month and had visited five countries. I always wanted to visit...

Iceland – Golden Circle

Throwback to Scandinavia 2013. We explored Reykjavik on our first day in Iceland. Today we would venture out to explore the "Golden Circle" Iceland Horizon Golden Circle Tour We had booked Iceland Horizon prior well in advanced. We didn't want to be on a large tour bus and rather the small group feel so we booked and were picked up at our Hotel by David our guide (who turns out to be the owner...