‘Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes Don’t want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes There’s gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I can’t trace time’ David Bowie – Changes The Time Is Gone, The Song Is Over (Pink Floyd) Two years of […]
The 3 months that we spent in Panama flew by before we knew it. It was easy to get use to the availability of services, parts and hard to find items, but the season for making a passage to Ecuador was upon us. We took care of a few last boat projects, said goodbye to […]
Back to civilization. After about 5 weeks of incredible cruising in the Western Islands of Panama and the Perlas Islands, it was time to head to the big city to meet up with Carrie’s parents and brother. We moored Terra Firma at the famous Balboa Yacht Club in Panama City and spent 10 days sightseeing […]
After seeing most of Costa Rica’s coastal areas it was time for us to sail on to Panama. Prior to leaving Golfito, we provisioned the boat and said goodbye to our friends at Land Sea Marina. Western Panama was a delight. The water was clear and warm and the snorkeling and fishing were great. The […]
We left you last month celebrating Jan’s birthday (Slip Away) in Bahia Huevos, Costa Rica, after transiting some very challenging areas; One such area is known as the Papagayo region, which encompasses everything between the Gulfo De Fonseca (eastern El Salvador) to El Coco, Costa Rica. This includes the entire Nicaraguan coast. This time of […]
Terra Firma and crew finally left El Salvador on the day after Thanksgiving. Yes, that was a Friday and no, you are never suppose to start a voyage on a Friday. Fortunately the old superstition did not hold true and we had a very nice passage to Costa Rica along with Slip Away. We had […]
It sure was difficult leaving our new friends and the great meals in Nuevo Paraiso, Honduras but it was time to see what Nicaragua had to offer. So, we ‘bummed’ a ride back to Tegucigalpa, caught the next bus to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and finally a taxi to Granada our first destination. Granada […]
After enjoying Granada and Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua we traveled south to Costa Rica. Once again, our experience with a taxi driver in Nicaragua left a lot to be desired, but we made it to the border without being too severely ripped off. In Costa Rica we spent a week at the Flamingo Beach Resort […]
In August, Pat and Carrie met up with an alumni group from Carrie’s high school, Gilmour Academy, in Honduras. Twice a year a group from Gilmour visits and performs volunteer work at the Nuevo Paraiso Project which is a part of the Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos. Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos provides many services […]
This update starts with us arriving in La Entrada, Honduras, exploring Copan Ruinas Pueblo and the Mayan ruins, and ends with our visit to the Caribean town of Tela. We also spent a week on a volunteer project in Nuevo Paraiso which we’ll cover in the next update. All in all, we had another great […]
