Immigration

on the road

What is the feeling when you’re driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies. Jack Kerouac. i’m almost set to leave panama. another couple [...]

the monkey’s dance

panama – go to bed free, wake up a wanted man. i found alex slumped over our balcony railing this morning, wretched and alone. a purple sky glowered over the city. rain hissed in the streets like an angry snake. i put my arm around her, told her not to worry. it’ll be ok, i [...]

panama tells tourists – go home!

felicidades costa rica! break out the guaro costa rica, it’s time to party. it’s being reported that panama, your slow-witted neighbor to the south, has done it again. now tourists coming to panama will only be allowed a stay of one month. they can apply for another 60 days. but there’s no guarantee they’ll be [...]

how many dildos can i bring into the country?

Hi Cojito, thanks for answering. My wife (a beautiful woman and Cojito admirer), and I are planning an extended visit to Panama in a few months, for as long as we can make it, like it, or until they kick us out. A little help will really be much appreciated. We are a Dutch married [...]

Screams From The Bus

how to save $500 traveling from panama city to san jose costa rica 9:50 pm – alex and i wait at albrook station for the panaline bus to san jose costa rica. it feels like we’ve wandered into a colony of leaf-cutter ants. everyone’s carrying something, even the nuns have backpacks. brown-skinned natives dart past. [...]