If you enjoyed the story from a few days ago about trying to find the store that sells batons, you’ll be especially interested to hear that we have now lost the baton. Somewhere in the 4 blocks between here and

Zoe and I went to Las Tablas today to get 4 things. It took 6 hours. November is just around the corner and that’s the big month for parades in Panama. They celebrate independence from Colombia and from Spain, plus

Panamanians love a parade. You could probably travel around the country and see a parade every weekend if you wanted to (read: you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a parade). This time there was a big one in

Here’s some random updates from Panama for you today: 1. We’ve been having some big storms the last few nights. The thunder is so loud it makes you instinctively duck and cover your head. Haley says it sounds like someone

We were not here last year at this time so we have no idea if the current weather is normal, but we hear El Niño is really messing up the wet season. Here was the conversation in my head the

When is the school closed for a vacation? When does the new hospital open? These seem like fairly straightforward questions. They should have factual answers, right? Uh, no. Not in Panama. Or at least not for this gringa. Panamanian public

Sometimes when you’re on this journey you have doubts. Yeah, the kids (and adults) get to experience lots of new things, learn a new language, meet new people, travel to new places, etc. But then you wonder about things they