Free Camping in Osa Peninsula
Free Camping in Osa Peninsula After spending our first three Costa Rica days in El Golfito visiting Stanimira and Angel and relaxing in the House at The Bottom of The Jungle, we prepare our backpacks and head for Puerto Jimenez- one of the main cities on Osa Peninsula and the gateway to Corcovado National Park. We […]
The House at The Bottom of The Jungle
The House at The Bottom of The Jungle Ivo, Maya and Mira with Stanimira and Angel. El Golfito (Costa Rica) Border Crossing Destroyed from two days of walking up and down Volcan Baru– the highest mountain top in Panama and our heaviest, most exhausting hiking challenge ever so far, we catch the bus to the Panama- […]
2015 Nomadik Highlights
2015 Nomadik Highlights Maya aboard Fata Morgana at The Swimming Pool, San Blas It is the end of another year filled with unforgettable adventures- stories of sea-travel and land exploration. A year that thought us a lot and prepared us for the Big Ocean Crossing ahead. 2015 was good; we will remember it with all […]
Hiking Volcan Baru
Hiking Volcan Baru Ivo and Maya on top of Volcan Baru We wake up at 4:30 a.m. and, loaded with our huge backpacks, head for Volcan Baru- a dormant volcano and Panama’s highest peak rising at 3475m. Ivo’s backpack is as big and as heavy as a small chubby dead person who even in his […]
The Lost Waterfalls
The Lost Waterfalls Ivo, Mira and Maya at the Lost Waterfalls in Boquete (Panama) The distance between Panama City and David in the province of Chiriqui, located in the westernmost part of Panama next to the border with Costa Rica, is 500 km. It took us 9 hours to get to David by bus (a […]
The Long Distance Runner’s Misfortunes and Triumphs
Ivo 10K When Ivo was 18, a car made a wrong turn and hit him. His left leg was badly broken under the knee and wouldn’t heal. After months in plaster, the doctors announced that they will soon have to amputate, as Ivo lacked the hormone producing calcium in his body and the broken bone […]
Fata Morgana Destinations
The Life Nomadik is now on Patreon Where is S/V Fata Morgana heading to next? Many are anxious to find out where the wind will blow us after five months in Panama, our longest stay in one anchorage EVER! And even though our plans, like the sea, are never solid and may change without notice […]
Maya’s Journey. On a Search for Whales
An example of Maya’s Boat School experience/experiment is her recent Whale Project. Humpback whales Mother and Baby, by Maya After visiting the Pearl Islands in Panama where we met and observed humpback whales in their natural environment, Maya had to do a project, as a part of her education and development. The objective was to create a coherent written text using research and […]
In The Company of Whales
In The Company of Whales . We love exploring by foot the small lush island of Contadora with its many steep shady streets among the forest, some ending in the backyard of a house or on a beach, others leading us unexpectedly to the same place we started from. On one such walk, we meet […]
Sailing to The Pearl Islands
Sailing to The Pearl Islands The Pearl Islands About 30 nautical miles south of Panama City, the Gulf of Panama is dotted by over 200 small and big mostly uninhabited islands and islets of exceptional beauty, named Islas de las Perlas (The Pearl Islands). It is our favorite destination on the Pacific Ocean side of Panama […]
