Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Hangin’ in Bocas
We’ve decided to stay here for another two weeks to finish up last minute preparations for our Panama Canal transit. Chris ordered a new set of bearings for our KISS wind generator and we’re still waiting for those arrive. The sail slides have been installed and now our main comes up and down much easier [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by anitab
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
After the Fires by Ursula Pflug
For the Canadians (and non Canadians) reading our website, I’d like to direct you to Ursula Pflug’s recently released collection of short stories entitled, “After the Fires”. If one needs to know genre, she is referred to as a speculative fiction author, but labels aside, her stories are absorbing, thought provoking and beautifully written. She’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized,books by anitab
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Odds and Ends
We’ve been hanging out here in Panama for a few months now, and finally feel as if we should be doing those boat maintenance tasks we’ve put off. We don’t have much to do, but all are necessary if we are to continue on our journey. So many people we’ve met are going through the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by anitab
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Land Travel
We took a bus from Bocas del Toro and drove over the lush tropical mountains to David, Panama’s second largest city. What a difference from the sleepy, literally backwater of Bocas del Toro. David is not the prettiest town, but it’s super clean, and has all the mod-cons, like a theatre where we caught up [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Uncategorized by anitab
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Banana Republic
What have we been up to in the Banana Republic? I’m kind of hard pressed to really answer that, hence my lack of posts. The energy it took for us to actually get down here has caught up with us. Chris is modeling a barracuda in Maya and I’ve been reading the books we brought [...]