by GWTAdmin | Feb 9, 2015 | Bocas del Toro Panama, captain jack's portobelo panama, cruiser activities, cruiser destinations, food, local food, portobelo panama
Captain Jack’s restaurant, bar and hostel;a Portobelo hot spot for yachties.In ignorance, we turned to our Panama Lonely Planet Guidebook for guidance for a rare date night dinner out in Portobelo Panama. Mistake.The last time, I eschewed the guide book’s... by GWTAdmin | Feb 7, 2015 | bahamas plants, Bocas del Toro Panama, cruiser destinations, cruisers, cruising life, lobster, local food, meeting locals
Eli peddling octopus and lobster from his kayuka (dugout canoe) at Bocas del Toro marina.Even though we”re now in our 3rd year of cruising, I confess to still be a far cry from my ability to “live off the land” when it comes to chow, or... by GWTAdmin | Feb 4, 2015 | Bocas del Toro Panama, cruiser activities, cruiser destinations, escudo de veraguas, golfo des mosquito stops between bocas del toro and colon, hiking, meeting locals, wildlife
This calm spot on Escudo de Veraguas was a pleasant walk though too farfor a finicky dinghy motor.”Where would you suggest we go next?” I asked Kirk, the Bocas Yacht Services yard manager, the yard where our mast was being pulled. “Escudo de... by GWTAdmin | Feb 3, 2015 | Bocas del Toro Panama, cruising life, cruising provisioning, gluten free provisioning, local food, st. lucia
Wayne holds the veggie boat from ourdinghy in hopes my shopping spree is short.”And the Veggie Boat comes into the marina on Saturday mornings,” Alice Kilgo of Ocean Star added to the end of her very long and incredibly helpful list of info when we... by GWTAdmin | Jan 28, 2015 | Bocas del Toro Panama, cruising destinations, cruising life, cuban health care, havana cuba, mariel hemingway marina, sailing South Pacific
Doctor making “boat calls” in Mariel HemingwayMarina aboard Journey. Wayne is the patient.“Where are you going to be in a month’s time to have those stitches removed?” asked Wayne’s concerned Jacksonville Florida dermatologist. It was late November.... by GWTAdmin | Jan 19, 2015 | boat maintenance and repair, Bocas del Toro Panama, cruiser destinations, cruising safety, dry tortugas, key west, sailing South Pacific
Beautiful fiery red sunset just outside the Dry Tortugas.That little black lump on the left side of the horizon is Fort Jefferson at the Dry Tortugas National Park.Never enter a tricky anchorage at night is one of our cardinal rules. It’s a basic...