Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Tofino

Tofino is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound.

Getting ready to surf

Taking a surf break

A mother-daughter walk to end the surf day

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Casco Viejo, Panama

Casco Viejo (Spanish for Old Quarter), also known as Casco Antiguo or San Felipe, is the historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city, Panamá Viejo in 1671, when the latter was attacked by pirates. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1997.

Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Panama City

Early morning approach to Panama City

Open-air barbers on the streets

Colorful buses

When the Americans left the Panama Canal Zone in 1999, they left behind a huge military barracks just east of the Miraflores lock on the canal. It still looks like a barracks with its green lush marching parade field surrounded by large boxy buildings except that now the old barracks make up the main Panamanian high tech park, Ciudad Del Saber - the City of Knowledge.  After more than a decade, it now houses nearly 100 tech firms as well as a few dozen NGOs, and several branches of universities.

McDonald’s ice cream stands

Mess of wires above the streets (trim the slack perhaps?)

The Revolution Tower (now known as the F&F Tower)

Patacones (fried plantain slices) and ceviche

Beware of crocodiles