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Tag: Panama

Photo Albums Collection

I’ve made some photo albums from Latin America, grouped by country.
They can all be found on the Photography page, but here are the links for simplicity:

Mexico

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Argentina

Bolivia

Peru

Colombia

Panama

Below are the photos taken in Panama. These can also be accessed through the blog entry that relates to the day the particular photo was taken.

Highlights from Panama include:
Spending some time in Bocas Del Toro
Hiking in the mountains of Boquete
Visiting the Panama Canal
The town of El Valle
Beach life in Pedasi
Visiting a Health Centre [...]

Equipment Review

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Clothes
1 Pair Trousers – used sparingly, in nightclubs and whe ntemperature dipped – especially in Bolivia
1 Pair Cargo Shorts – used extensively. I recommend Gap. Lasted very well, had pockets repaired in Panama then replaced in Colombia.
3 T Shirts – White t-shirts didn’t last too well. Easy and cheap to [...]

Penonomé & Toabré

During the week, Yami invited me to spend a day with her at her clinic, in the tiny hamlet of Toabré in the hills outside Penonome. In order for dentists and doctors to receive permission from the government to work as medical professionals in Panama, upon completion of their degree/doctorates, they must complete two years [...]

Pedasi

Days 282 to 293 – Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 9th July 2006
I arrived in Panama City in mid afternoon, and didn’t want to travel out to Penonome that same day so I checked in at Zuly’s, the hostel I stayed at back in February, and caught up with goings on in the World Cup, [...]

Latin America

Highlights
Equipment Review
Final Route

Highlights
The original blog – “roylloydjones” – started out as an almost daily journal from my eleven month backpacking trip around Latin America in 2005/06, recording daily events as I travelled by any mode of transport available – car, bus, train, aeroplane, rickshaw, canoe, sail boat, speed boat and ferry, eventually travelling this [...]

Photography

During the trip to Latin America, I used a Konica Minolta DiMAGE X20, which at 2megapixel is highly inferior in todays market. I think it worked pretty well throughout, until it died in Panama, on the beach at Playa Venao, right after taking some photos of some cows!
Below is a small selection of photos from [...]

Panama & San Blas Islands

Days 265 to 281 – Sunday 11th to Tuesday 27th June 2006
I flew back to Panama, spent a week with Yami and returned to Cartagena. I then tried to go south to Medellin, but the buses were a little bit of a problem due to the FARC in the region, so I decided to take [...]

Cartagena de Indias

Days 256 to 265 – Friday 2nd to Sunday 11th June 2006
Where the blog left off, I had just arrived in Cartagena. I arrived on the Thursday evening and I had a flight to Panama booked for the following Sunday. For whatever reason I decided to hang around the city for the weekend, and then [...]

Taganga: Bye to Sweden, Hello to Shakira

Day 255 – Thursday 1st June 2006
Check out was 11am. Come 10.45 we rolled out of bed and quickly tried to pack our things up and leave. I decided that I wanted to go to Cartagena and hang around there for the 10 days until my flight to Panama, so it would be goodbye to [...]