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Coming back into Panama City from camping through the San Blas Islands, I really didn’t know what to expect being in a huge Latin city. I asked the tour driver to drop me off at Hostel Villa Vento Surf, www.hostelvillaventosurf.com in Marbella which would be my new hostel. Hostel Villa Vento Surf is located in [...]
29/09/2011 I am sitting in the village of Carti on a bench facing young girls playing basketball. They are all playing on a dirt ground barefoot happily with smiles. Behind them are huts made from branches of coconut trees and bamboo. We are positioned right by the water. It is a big two story house [...]
Backpacking Wake Up Time 3:45 a.m. Opps, I woke you up on Toronto time!!
By Elaine | October 13, 2011
” Elaine, can you wake me up at 4:45 a.m. for the tour tomorrow morning?” a backpacker asked me at Mamallena Hostel in Panama City. We were going to be picked up at 5:30 a.m. for the San Blas Islands. “Of course I can wake you up!” I told her! I didn’t realize that my [...]
