San Blass Here we Come!! Sleeping on a hard-wood floor is never fun but that along with the upcoming excitement of our San Blass Island trip meant a sleepless night. At 3:30am I got up and did my exercises and made a quick breakfast before saying goodbye to Rafa and Felipe and making my way over to Magnollia Hostel. Luckily the guys were up and getting ready and by 5:30am we were all downstairs, packed and ready for our 4wd. The driver and van arrived pretty much...

San Blass Organize!! Up early again today and the hostel was already full of newcomers by 6am. Luckily I have a CS host for tonight as there are certainly no beds left in the hostel with the masses of people flocking to Panama City. I met this really nice family from Granada (English Migrants) and spent most of the morning chatting with them and they kindly invited me to join them for breakfast and cooked me a delicious omelette, sausages and fresh pineapple. Aro...

Panama Explore!! After less then 2 hours sleep I was up early excited to see the city but feeling a little worse for where after a long night out and a bottle of the local Panama Rum. By 7:30am I was pumped up on coffee and ready for my hike up Ancud Hill. The first part of the walk was through the old city and this in itself was quite interesting and as its a Sunday morning there were already lots of people out in the streets. Everywhere I looked there were amaz...

Central America Here We Go!! After literally no sleep I was up at 3:30am doing my exercises and counting down the minutes until my flight. At around 6:30am I enjoyed my last full breakfast with the beautiful Gomez family - making sure to burn this image, memory in my mind for safe keeping. After saying goodbye to Lizeths Mum we exchanged a few little gifts: I received the most thoughtful of gifts; an emergency blanket (as I am always cold), some Arequipe snacks f...