If you ever thought, as I did, that two teeny tiny (in size and population) neighboring Central American countries sharing culture, geography, history, nature, roots, colonization, language and much more, the characteristics that (at least on the paper) appear to be identical or at least very similar… you’d be wrong. So, so…
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,…
