Wow! We celebrated Jims birthday in style with a day sailing around the Las Perlas Islands! The weather was hot, the wind was perfect and the breeze and the shade from the sail kept us quite comfortable. We sailed on a 46 foot catamaran with captain Pasquel and his first mate Yati. We moored for snorkeling at some beautiful beaches. I have some beautiful pictures ! At the first snorkeling beach our captain told us there were lots of sting rays about 10 to 15 me...

We have arrived in the Las Perlas Islands on the Island of Contadora, but not without an adventure, and it is only day two ! We had a 'problemo' with our flight this morning, the flight times were changed, we were not informed and we missed the early morning flight. So our hotel in Panama city was kind enough to help us out and we ended up hiring a charter plane to get us to the island. It was merely large enough for the two of us and the pilot. Yes, Donnie got t...

We have arrived in Panama city ! Holy hot and humid 27 degrees at 8 pm. We are sitting on our little deck at La Estancia trying to get our room to cool off. So far I do not see any sloths or monkeys in the trees. Our flights were both fine albeit it a very long day. Left Calgary on time at 7 am this morning , 4 hours to Houston , 2 hours layover and then another 4 hour flight to panama city. We are 2 hours ahead of Calgary and so 1 hour behind nova scotia. The c...