We are in the land of swamp buggies with giant tyres, air boats that zip over grass as easy as water and southern accents. The talk is of "Gators" and pythons and the biggest they have seen. My thoughts are it is like the fishing tale that grows a little bit more in each telling.We are also in the land where the dilemma of tipping confronts the traveller at every moment. It isn't enough to pay for a full day tour including lunch, you then find that you are expect...

If we thought flying into St. Maartin (see previous story) was difficult we had a real mess up flying out! We boarded our American Airlines flight to San Juan which was one of 3 flights we were to take that day to get us to Panama City. The plane taxied out to the tarmac and taxied and taxied and taxied..... it seemed that the pilot was testing the brakes. Eventually we stopped and a mechanic was called and after an hour we were deplaned and the flight was cancel...