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Costa Rica, Travels and Destinations

The Pura Vida Life

Written by John-Michael on November 4th, 2019. 11 Comments

After two months living in the mountains of Cartago, Costa Rica, at an elevation of 1,200 meters (4,000 feet), we changed scenery for the hills west of San Jose with a magnificent view of two volcanos from our backyard. We chose the new rental house for its location offering us a relatively short drive into […]

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Costa Rica, Panamá, Travels and Destinations

Bungle in the Jungle

Written by John-Michael on September 17th, 2019. 8 Comments

Before we knew it, we were hauling ¡Pura Vida! out of the water and it was time to leave Panama. Hauling out is never an easy or relaxing process, as you see your home and all its contents unceremoniously lifted from the sea and set to rest, unnaturally, on dirt. They call it “being on […]

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Panamá, Travels and Destinations

Fleeing Zeus’ Wrath

Written by John-Michael on June 29th, 2019. 5 Comments

We had spent five months of absolute bliss exploring the islands of the Guna Yala (San Blas), but it was time to move on. We were ready to leave for a couple of reasons. The main one was that we had exactly one month before our scheduled haulout of ¡Pura Vida! in early July and […]

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Panamá, Travels and Destinations

Guna Yala – The Cruising Life

Written by John-Michael on May 14th, 2019May 14th, 2019. 3 Comments

There is no way to write a single blog about the Guna Yala land and waters, and the Guna people, and do them justice. So we will break this up into three parts. This is the third part: the sea and the cruising life. The remoteness and simple lifestyle in the Guna Yala make it […]

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Panamá, Travels and Destinations

Guna Yala – Remote and Isolated

Written by John-Michael on May 5th, 2019. 2 Comments

There is no way to write a single blog about the Guna Yala land and waters, and the Guna (aka Kuna) people, and do them justice. So we will break this up into three parts. This is the second part: the land. Along the Caribbean coast of Panama lies an area called the Guna Yala, […]

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Panamá, Travels and Destinations

The Guna: A Fascinating Culture

Written by John-Michael on April 14th, 2019April 14th, 2019. 6 Comments

There is no way to write a single blog about the Guna Yala land and waters (also known as the San Blas), and the Guna people, and do them justice. So we will break this up into three parts starting with the most important: the people. A large portion of the Caribbean coastline of Panama […]

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Colombia, Panamá, Travels and Destinations

Roller Coaster to Panamá

Written by John-Michael on February 26th, 2019. 6 Comments

The infamous Santa Marta winds were starting to kick up with nightly gales. If we did not leave soon, we would be stuck for a month or more at the marina with no chance of a safe departure. The seas were big, over 20 feet (7 meters), but they always are around the northeastern tip […]

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Preparation, Travels and Destinations

Game Changer

Written by Kimberly on February 18th, 2019February 19th, 2019. 12 Comments

Two doctors, a firefighter, three tanks of pure oxygen, a defibrillator, and a team of fellow cruisers doing non-stop CPR couldn’t save him. What happened in our anchorage recently, in the San Blas islands off the Panamanian coast, only a few boat lengths away from ¡Pura Vida!, was a sadly enlightening experience for us. One […]

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Colombia, Peru, Travels and Destinations

Mountain High

Written by John-Michael on January 16th, 2019January 18th, 2019. 11 Comments

We love our aquatic lifestyle, but when you’re in a country as diverse as Colombia, you have to explore inland. We knew we wanted to travel by air from Santa Marta to Bogota to meet up with local friends, but we wanted to explore more than just the big city. One night, while planning our […]

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Colombia, Travels and Destinations

A New Continent

Written by John-Michael on December 15th, 2018. 8 Comments

We arrived in South America! After three years of island hopping, we made landfall in Colombia. Our first reaction was “Woah, this place is huge!” The city of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, was founded in 1525 by the Spanish, and is the second oldest non-indigenous city in South America. It is a contrast of […]

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