No kids, no grandkids, no family, no friends. Sniff, sniff. All alone and lonely in the unfamiliar and scary corner of the world. Sniff, sniff. Long away from home where nobody speaks my language. Sniff, sniff. Will I be able to get my rost of coffee? No, I cannot do that. I…
October 31, Escazú, San Jose – Costa Rica “Ladies and gentlemen, we have started our descent … the temperature at the destination is 21 C and it’s raining“. Qué? 21? Didn’t he mean to say 31? I landed in San Jose, Costa Rica. Such a short distance away from Panama…
October 2017 in Panama City, Panama It must have been some 20 years ago that I stumbled upon a documentary I cannot forget. Heartbreaking yet eye-opening stories of traumatized Somalian orphans and their struggle for survival after having lost the parents to AIDS epidemics. What surprised me the most was…
October, Panama City, Panama Casco Viejo (Old Town) a.k.a. San Felipe or for short Casco is the historic district in Panama City and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Only a few years ago the place was just another forgotten slum but is today undergoing a major restoration and well on the…
Panama City, Panama in September 2017 We will probably never know when exactly people began to brunch but the first mention of this culinary tradition was recorded in 1895 and, slowly but surely, the popularity of brunching as one of the top Sunday pastimes has been on the rise ever…
Panama City, Panama, September 2017 Oh no, I don’t mean it that way. I mean it literally. The journey was much longer – it took me almost 2 years to get there, and somewhat crooked – it went via Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines,…
Portland, OR on August 21, 1027 After a tremendous buildup that went on for weeks and weeks the highly anticipated in the path of totality, from coast to coast, D-day has finally arrived in Portland, OR on August 21, 2017. At 8.30 a.m. a couple of friends and I packed…
Oh yes – security. Hot hot topic. It is all about security these days. But truth be told the issues of safety and security were never really much of concern to me. I practiced common sense and it worked just fine. Luckily nothing has ever happened to me nor to…
Kuta and Seminyak, Bali in September 2016 (Follow my blog with Bloglovin) Ever since I can only remember (couldn’t have been more than 5) Bali was an ultimate destination not only for me but also for almost everyone else I knew. An exotic paradise ‘beyond the horizon’ everyone was dreaming…
Cebu City in the Philippines, August 2016 Follow my blog with Bloglovin The bus ride from Oslob took some four hours. Maybe more. We could have made it in two or less if not for the traffic. Single lane all the way. I was smart enough to book a hotel room…
