Valle de Anton
Ivo, Mira and Maya hiking La India Dormida, Valle de Anton, Panama If you are a nature-lover visiting the big busy Panama City, there is a place you can go to escape the hustle and heat of the metropolis, the perfect getaway. Set in a tranquil valley surrounded by mountains, high above the sea, inside the […]
Project Green Tent
Project Green Tent by Mira Nencheva The beach at Punta Chame (Panama) where Ivo goes to kitesurf with Rado is a beautiful sight at low tide. A vast wet landscape painted with black-and-yellow sand patterns formed by wind and sea, sparkling in the light of the setting sun. Here and there, large driftwood sculptures break the monotony […]
Fun and Gifts for Maya’s Birthday
“All kids are excited about their birthdays and expect them so much only because of the gifts. If there were no gifts, no kid would ever care about their birthday…”- Maya, who never before had so many gifts for her birthday. Maya’s twelfth birthday On October 27th, 2015, Maya celebrated her twelfth birthday which historically […]
Punta Chame. Kitesurfing in Panama
Punta Chame. Kitesurfing in Panama with Rado Barzev by Mira Nencheva At the end of a narrow almost deserted peninsula less than 100 km west of Panama City, we get to a wild beach of extreme tides, black vultures and skeletons; of howling winds and flying people. An hour and a half drive from the […]
Our Kayak Got Stolen
A couple of days ago, as we were returning to our boat in the afternoon, we found the spot up on the rocks under the bushes and next to a big driftwood tree where we leave our kayak named Junior, empty. Our kayak is our only means to get between the boat and shore. It […]
The World’s Most Expensive Shortcut
How much does it cost to transit the Panama Canal? Norwegian Pearl Many have asked me how much did we pay to cross the Panama Canal? A lot! Panama Canal is The World’s Greatest Shortcut with over 40 ships transiting each day of the year. Instead of traveling 20 000 km all the way through Cape Horn- the […]
The Ordinary House with the Most Extraordinary Inhabitants
The Ordinary House with the Most Extraordinary Inhabitants The house where Yiscel Yánguez and her husband Néstor Correa reside looks like any other ordinary suburban house: just like the house on its right and just like the house on its left, and just like the row of houses across the street except that they are […]
Panama Canal Transit
Panama Canal Transit Maya Ivo and Mira aboard S/V Fata Morgana transiting Panama Canal The distance between the Monkey Island (Linton) to Colon (the city-port at the entrance of Panama Canal on the Atlantic side) is 25 NM. We start at 07:00 a.m. in light north winds 8-10kts together with S/V Anka. Our speed is […]
Maya’s Birthday Foundation
Maya’s Birthday Foundation In one month is Maya’s birthday. At the end of October she will turn twelve. Her last year of childhood before entering into the murky bizarre waters of teenagerhood… She has been a good kid this past year, enjoying life at sea, making new friends everywhere we go, helping around the boat […]
Spider Monkeys on Linton Island
Spider Monkeys on Linton Island Spider Monkeys on Linton Island A month after we arrived in San Blas Archipelago of Panama we are ready to continue our journey. Together with our new boat-friends on S/V Anka we sail to Colon where all ships and boats have to stop for a few days and get ready to cross […]
