Weather: Sunny Hot light wind Distance: 6 NM Dinner: Tuna Pasta Story Sitting in the Shade at the ANAM station I pack all the food for the 12day expedition into the tapered stern dry bags; Allison fills the water containers, two 6 liter dromedary bags and four 6 liter wine bladders. We are a bit […]
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Santa Catalina Video
A bit of a vid about our adventures prior to heading out to paddle Isla Coiba.
Jan 25th Return to Coiba!
We are on Coiba Island, with some great guests, we will be exploring a very small part of the island with them while we are here, though it will be a good taste. we have the TRAK’s here in their bags, though will set them up and send the Bag’s back to Santa Catalina when […]
Jan 23rd Shopping and the Rush to Produce Episode 2
Allie and I speak English to each other, “we need at least 10 days on Coiba!” “yes I Agree!” “Just tell him that we are experienced kayak expeditioners and have a locator beacon and a VHF radio”. Allie turns too Yann and discusses the issues in French (Yann’s native tongue and Allie is fluent), […]
Jan 20th; Frisbee’s and an Engagement of Scott’s
Beer bottles litter the table, along with a small bottle of single malt scotch travelers whiskey and an odd assortment of wine vessels. Guitar strings ring in wonderful symphony along with rhythmic spoons, a whaling harmonica and bucket drum. The evening is merry and joy with drunken singing and laughter, sweet music filling the air […]
A Week In Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina. Jan 15th – ish! “The weekend is now over, with the last of the weekend warriors headed back home to Santiago and the surrounding areas, leaving Santa Catalina a sleepy beach town once again. For two days, cars full of youth and of young families would line the shoreline, bringing surfboards or boogie […]
Arrival in Santa Catalina
After a rough bus ride and a feisty barter with the flat deck taxi driver ( he wanted to charge $50 to Santa Catalina) due to no more Buses that night. We eventually settled on $35 though Allie wasn’t totally happy with that. With the Back fully loaded with TRAK Folding kayaks and bags we […]
Tracking Down Our Second TRAK Kayak
Jan 11th – 13th The rest of our time in the city was spent taxi-ing back and forth between old town and downtown, barely taking any real deep breaths of clean air (cough hack cough!), finding one tropical park for a moment of respite, taking cold showers in the land of one-tap showers, (I […]
Allies Birthday Night in Panama City
Jan 10th 2012 My first sight of the city in daylight…palm trees, heat like an oven, wild erratic driving, a skyline of high rises (mostly all residential rather than commercial), seaside promenade looking out at fishing boats, a cruise ship or two, and surprisingly clean streets and surroundings….welcome to Panama City! We spend our first […]
Worlds Colliding in Panama
Jan 9th -10th 2012 Here is the first blog post, it outlines our first day in Panama city and the journeys Allie and I took the day before we meet in Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport to begin our 7 week adventure in Panama. Allie’s travel day began before mine so her story starts the […]