Graham Williams & Louise Jones Travel Blog This is our journal logging our trip through Central and Latin America from July 2005 to the present date. We update it and add new pictures every two to three weeks. At the moment Will is travelling in South Africa, while Lou is living in Buenos Aires.For more background reading on our travels go to - http://journals.worldnomads.com/will/

For the past few weeks we have been travelling around Panama. We first went to the mountain town of Boquete, which is famous for its coffee and good climate, so good its being colonized by American retirees. Close by is Panamas only volcano, now extinct, which is covered with a cloud forest. We went trekking here, its a wonderful place with rushing streams and lots of exotic birds. After Boquete we have spent most of our time around the capital Panama City. It reminds us very much of Hong Kong, skyscrapers, lots of banks and wild country just a short distance away. Of course there is also the Canal, which really is an exceptional sight. Imagine a lock on a canal in the UK, increase the size a hundred fold, stick two container ships in it, and you sort of get the picture. Around the canal is more wild jungle including Pipeline Road, one of the best places on earth to watch birds, which is only a twenty minute bus ride from the center of the city. At the moment we are in Bocas del Torro, an island on the countrys northern coast. This is typical Caribbean island stuff, golden beaches, blue skies and palm trees. We are now traveling with Louises sister Anita, who has flow out to join us for Christmas.