Now that we are back in the US, our blogging is going to look a little different (thanks to the higher bandwidth available and bigger miles we will be logging!)…
What Now?
Now we pull the grandest flip-flop of the entire journey! In thru-hiking a “flip-flop” is when a hiker ‘flips’ to a different point and ‘flops’/reverses course, hiking back to where…
Kayaking the San Blas Islands
Written by Fidgit Over the course of two weeks, I paddled 300 km along the length of the Guna Yala. Ilene joined me for most of it and brightened and…
The Guna Yala: An Overview
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit A Brief History The Guna Yala is an archipelago of 378 islands in northeastern Panama. In the late 1600s, the…
Pivoting in Bocas del Toro
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit When we began the kayaking portion of this journey, I did not anticipate that Bocas del Toro would be a…
Paddling South Along the Caribbean Coast
Written by Neon After crossing the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border near the eastern end of Rio San Juan, Richard, Fidgit, and I made our way Down Rio Colorado to a canal….
Back to the Sea: Paddling the Caribbean of Costa Rica
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit We pushed a long day to put the Rio San Juan behind us. With the assistance of the Costa Rican…
Life on Rio San Juan
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit She was clearly a leader in the community. I had seen her early that morning, clipping along the single sidewalk…
Decisions Made and Paddling in Nicaragua
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Neon After finishing our practice paddle around the Bocas islands, we had some decisions to make. It was still high surf…
Reassessing: an Impromptu Trip to the Pacific
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Fidgit We had already burned through one of the two months for which we had Richard. Our northbound plan was not…
