Panama

Kuna Yala

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Kuna Yala, otherwise known as San Blas, must be one of the world’s most intensely relaxing places. The moment I stepped off the plane, my shoulders lost their typical hunch, my legs relaxed, and I breathed more deeply. Lying in a hammock on the deck of the Hotel San Blas, there was nothing to think [...]

From Panama, to Toronto, to Ottawa

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

I finished traveling, returned to Toronto, packed up my life, moved to Ottawa, and started grad school. I think that I’m now starting to settle in, which will hopefully mean a return to consistent blogging. What is grad school for, but to come up with projects to distract from reading, writing, and marking first-year papers? [...]

A man, a plan, a canal

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

I am in Boquete, in the Chiquiri province of Panama. I´m not too keen on spending much time on the internet while I´m here, but it pours every afternoon and an internet cafe is a good place to hide from the rain. The weather here is not actually as bad as I was expecting. It [...]