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Category Archives: Central America

Beautiful Belize III: Thrills and Spills on a Jungle River

Posted on May 2, 2018 by admin
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I gulped once, then hung on for dear life as our inflatable kayak plunged 12 feet down the vertical face of the waterfall.P1030863

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Beautiful Belize II: Adventure Sports and Fine Dining in the Rainforest

Posted on April 28, 2018 by admin
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The taut wire sang as the Adventure Geezer zipped over the meadow. No, not me, the other “Adventure Geezer,” my generational compatriot, John, from British Columbia.P1030794

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Beautiful Belize I: Two “Epic” Days on Glover’s Reef

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin
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The last time I was in Belize, in 1991, I sat in a kayak as the rasta man in the power boat towing me back to land leaned over a fuel can with a long ash dangling at the end of his fat spliff.

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Cruising Panama — Islands, Jungle, and a Very Large Canal

Posted on September 30, 2017 by admin
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How could such a small country, only about 30 miles wide at its narrowest point, offer such a variety of experiences and activity?P1000837

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Panama City Redux — Casco Viejo, Fish Market and the Biomuseo

Posted on September 25, 2017 by admin
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After a week of snorkeling, kayaking, overeating, and cruising the Panama Canal, we are back in Panama City, which would now be near the top of my short list of favorite cities if it wasn’t for its overbearing heat and humidity.20170920_232915

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Panama City: The Manhattan/Miami of Central America

Posted on September 16, 2017 by admin
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In some respects Panama City feels very familiar — skyscrapers and traffic like Manhattan (but no pastrami); skyscrapers and humidity like Miami (but no pastrami).P1000730

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