We watched the plane that we were supposed to be on fly away. As it flew over us we waved our arms as if we were stuck on a deserted island. In a way we were. With one plane a day, which is usually full, there was no guarantee we could get off the island any time soon. We looked to our canoe driver for guidance. He stammered something in ...

Jorge, who we're pretty sure is all but deaf, handed Ty a piece of paper. We've been eating at Mireya's every day for a month now, and since he's there just as often, we end up exchanging a lot of gestures and platitudes. Nothing's ever been important enough to write down, so we read it eagerly. Back home we have Mardi Gras. The rest of the Americas have ...

To my right I hear a hissing noise. It's some sort of spray can. I turn to see what it is, and all of a sudden I can't see out of my right eye. The spraying continues and my face is getting covered in some sort of foam. Am I getting maced? Ten minutes earlier we were waiting in line. Alex Shalman came to visit us and see what Panama was ...

Design is pretty advanced in the US. It's hard to imagine that fifty years ago, brush scripts and cheesy Norman Rockwell-esque illustrations were the rage. Typefaces looped and swooped in an effort to make you feel warm fuzzies about the products they pushed. But think of the fonts we see today in the logos of the largest companies in the US: Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, General Motors, ...

Ok, I want to make sure that I post here frequently, but we haven't been too much that's exciting enough to write about. The thing about just picking a day to leave on a huge trip like this is that it's hard to be totally ready to go. Both of us had projects that we were hoping to complete before leaving, but didn't quite finish. Never underestimate the ...

Boy, what an exciting title! We've been here for almost two weeks. Living in a new place makes you notice all of the little things. Things that would never be written in a guidebook, because they're too insignificant, but together create the atmosphere you live in. We haven't had much of a chance to go out and see the sights. We spend most of the day in the living room ...

I have a confession to make. I can't hide it any longer. It seems like everyone here in Panama City already knows. On the streets, in the restaurants, at the clubs... no matter where I go, I can't escape. Last night, Tynan and I were doing a 5k on the way to get some dinner, and people screamed it from balconies and car windows. We kept running, ...

My one and only concern before beginning the trip was that I might have to give up my diet. Those of you who read my person blog know that I eat Vegan and also avoid processed flour and sugar. Todd has also pretty much adopted this diet. For the curious, we eat like that because the most current scientific studies of diet have shown that to be the ...

Todd and I have a tendency to not plan anything. Last year when we went to Japan we had no plans and nowhere to stay when we landed there. Life Nomadic 2008 is no different. Before we left I spent a considerable amount of time trying to find a an apartment to rent online. We even worked through Century 21 here in Panama, which turned out to be a colossal ...

We've been in Panama for two days now, but it seems like weeks. There's obviously still TONS to explore around the city, but I'm already comfortable here and it even feels a bit familiar. First of all, I love it. For me it has the ideal balance between chaos and structure. It's very safe... people are at least as friendly as they are in the US, if not ...