I managed to finally get out of David, not to Bocas Del Toro but to the Pacific coast. On a tip I headed to a location on the Pacific coast called Las Lajas. This was a very low-key beach area which was absolutely beautiful - not much in the way of shops/restaurants/accommodation, but sunshine and a beautiful beach. A spent a few days there before heading back to David and eventually onto Bocas. I finally made it to Bocas town a week later than I intended to...

Look at the photo with this blog......that is where I should be now!!!!!! I´ve been in David for the past two days, the plan was to spend a day here and then go and spend two weeks on the Islands in Bocas Del Toro. Unfortunately in the mountains between David and the place where I get the boat to the islands there had been torrential rain and bad wind for the last three days (while it is sunny in David!). Due to this the roads have been washed out so I´m not...

Panama City is a place of contrasts, from the ultra modern high rise such as the new waterfront Trump tower, the ultra modern-ultra chic malls that the average Panamanian could afford to shop in to the old city (which was incidently, like every other city in central America once sacked by the famous Captain Morgan) and the local buses which are ex-US school buses painted to reflect the relationship between naked ladies with swords and Jesus.......I like it (for a...

Trail de los Gringos It hit me about 10 minutes ago, walking down the sunny streets of Buenos Aires that today is my last day in South America. I´ve been on this continent now since early November had many cool experiences and met a number of great people. Traditionally the tourist trail that runs from the north to the south of the contient is called the gringo trail, the scary thing about it is that it seems to contain relatively small population of travellers...

Returning to El Calafate we ventured to a steak house for lunch. It was on the main drag and a called Rick's (a la Casablanca). I can put my hand on my heart and definitely say that the steak I have ever had. It was around an inch-and-a-half thick and five inches in diameter, served alone on a plate, no sauce, no veg no anything.......it must have been seasoned with a very subtle salt and olive oil mix and then slow cooked to appear charred on the outside and pin...