Patagonia Express – Luis Sepulveda
« Patagonia Express » fait partie de ces livres qui m’ont marqué le cœur. Et donc, il m’a semblé légitime, normal, évident de lui consacrer mon premier billet de lecture… même s’il n’est pas – encore – disponible pour Kindle! Ce livre, je l’ai lu pour la première fois au Mexique. C’était un de ces matins [...]
Panama 12. Falling in love…
…This is what I did. Instantly. Falling in love with a city. Cartagena is a place where I know I want to go back and live for a while : three months, six months…I know I’ll do it some day. It is not the first colonial city I visit : Oaxaca, San Cristobal de las [...]
Panama 11. A -not so- desert island
Where did I leave you? If I remember well, it was on Monday evening nearly two weeks ago in the heat of Panama City. The staff at Mamallena had tried to arrange for a boat for me but 2 of them had cancelled or delayed their departure… Then, inopinately, a third one appeared on their [...]
Panama 8. The Land of the Harpy Eagle
Français en dessous. That was the name of my tour…And yes, I joined a tour! For the first time of my life, I decided to travel conventionally, albeit with a small tour organised by Ancon Expeditions. There were 10 of us, out of which 7 were Dutch-speaking : that was kind of weird that. Made [...]
Panama 7. Expect the unexpected
I was due to leave early this morning after an afternoon spent doing some laundry (done) and updating my blog (not yet)…and here I’m stuck in the most unconfortable position : when going to the ATM to resplenish myself in cash (I just have 30 USD left at the moment), none of my credit card [...]
Panama 6. Isla Contadora
At last! Here we are; Isla Contadora! The island is 20 min away from Panama city and can only be reached by plane : it was the 12 seater kind. The kind where not only your luggage but yourself is weighted in order to see whether you should pay a supplement (and I hadn’t). [...]
Panama 5. First impressions
The very first impression that falls on you as a heavy mantle of lead on arriving at Panama airport is the heat : 96 F. My taxi driver was there, waiting for me. The only thing is that he couldn’t drive me around the town as foreseen in the morning: he had another client to [...]
Panama 4. Contre une nuit trop claire…
Ca c’est le début d’un sonnet d’un poête peu connu de la Renaissance (Desporte) et ça décrit bien ma nuit à l’aéroport de Miami. En effet, j’ai donc finalement eu un vol American Airlines mais celui n’était pas direct évidemment. C’eut été trop beau/ Il y avait une halte à Miami. Et comme de juste [...]
