Old Man and the Sea

COSTA RICA | Wednesday, 5 Mar 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [7]

GREETINGS FROM COSTA RICA. We thought our spirits could use a jolt of Pura Vita before we return to the sturm und drang of the USA and a condo in the beach town of Jaco was just the ticket. This is our fourth visit and we’ve already covered most ... Read more >

Photos: Extra—Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Sunday, 23 Feb 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery

Nuevo Vigia Embera Village

PANAMA | Friday, 21 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [148]

OF PANAMA’S ROUGHLY ONE THOUSAND BIRDS, seven are found only in Panama. With our previous birding birding trips in nearby Columbia we had already seen all but 90 of the species. No, problem, though. This trip was not jus about birds—it was ... Read more >

Crested Eagle Trek

PANAMA | Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [34]

ANOTHER EARLY START TODAY, first a van to Yaviza and followed by another panga ride on the Chucunaque River to El Real and onward by truck to the Embera village of Pijibasal where our Crested Eagle trek would begin.     Our Guide ... Read more >

A Very Harpy Birthday

PANAMA | Monday, 17 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [127]

SUNDAY WAS AN EASY DAY, as if Oscar wanted to test our mettle. Breakfast at 6:15 followed by three hours of birding on Sendero el Balsal. This isn’t primary rain forest—much of it is a teak plantation—so we all piled into the back of ... Read more >

Darién Canopy Camp

PANAMA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [83]

BIRDING IN DARIÉN HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR for years. Until recently the logistics and cost were daunting, the rivers were frequented by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants and decent lodging was non-existent.        ... Read more >

Photos: Canopy Camp—Darién

PANAMA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

Photos: Extra—Darién Canopy Camp

PANAMA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery

Three Faces of Panama City

PANAMA | Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [33]

WITH A LAUNDRY BAG FULL OF DIRTY CLOTHES and a few days to kill before we headed to the Darién rain forest, we booked an AirBnB just outside Casco Antiguo, Panama City’s Old Quarter.             ... Read more >

Photos: Panama City

PANAMA | Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery