JoannaDec 2, 20212 min readHasta Luego 🖤No international travel for a couple years. Cancelled plans & flights and Covid fears. Finally light at the end of a tunnel so dark....
JoannaDec 1, 20217 min readThe Mouth of the BullAfter having endured tropical storms at their worst, I was eager to experience the blissful and unspoiled beauty the Caribbean had to...
JoannaNov 30, 20214 min readLife is LifeI left the San Blas Islands… a day earlier than I had paid for. I packed up all my rain-drenched belongings and hit the sea… Maj Lis and...
JoannaNov 29, 202110 min readDo You Believe in Marmalade?Fnally… FINALLY… I made it off my sailing ship torment. They were all probably just as happy to see me go, as I was to leave. Quarters...
JoannaNov 28, 202111 min readThanks, Paola…My relationship with Paola, from Tao Travel, began in a quite positive manner. She seemed amiable and undeniably competent at her job. A...
JoannaNov 26, 20216 min readWonder of the WorldMy own personal tour of Panama City continued… as I attempted to explore every nook & cranny… while attempting to stay relatively dry. ...
JoannaNov 25, 20217 min readPanamaniaBesides the usual bout of life-threatening turbulence and seesawing down the runway, we all made it into Panama without a scratch on any...
JoannaNov 23, 20215 min readCiao Ciao Pura VidaSo that was it… the finale for Costa Rica. It just seemed like such an abrupt ending to a somewhat incredible month-long adventure. It...
JoannaNov 22, 20217 min readLet it GoAfter scouring the beaches, trying to find the scoundrel who stole my things… and an unsuccessful trip to the police station, I arrived...
JoannaNov 21, 20216 min readBefores & In-BetweensIn my last blog, I catapulted right into my perplexing piracy… I like using the word ”piracy” more than “burglary”… as there was a...
JoannaNov 19, 20215 min readViolated by a MermaidDon’t ever leave anything valuable in your car. That is what everybody tells you. That is what all the travel companies say. That is what...
JoannaNov 19, 20217 min readBye Bye Birdie...So my Little Bird was broken. My reliable and durable little 4WD had finally packed it in, I’m not surprised. To put it mildly, I had...