Local weather
when even the lizards come
new to Panama? if you want to find out who’s bloody and lying dead in the street throw down 35 cents and pick up a copy of la critica when you first hit town. but before you do, remember Nietzsche’s warning, “one does well to put on gloves … the proximity of so much uncleanliness [...]
the big sticky
al gore won the Nobel prize yesterday. i admit i didn’t see that coming. i had cast my vote for Jenna Jameson. really, who’s done more for the world than jenna? still, if she was tied up, or on a shoot, then al’s a decent pick. i haven’t seen his flick, “an inconvenient truth”, but [...]
hazards of the rainy season
we’re sneaking up on my favorite tropical time of the year, winter – aka the green season, or the rainy season. i’ve been loving the gradual change in panama’s weather. around the second week in April, the harsh summer sun gave way to winter’s brooding clouds, violent downpours began to roll in from the pacific [...]
weather advisory – burn baby burn
the tv news in panama is warning people to avoid prolonged exposure to the sun this week. they issue this same advisory every year (april 9-15th), because every spring the sun lines up over panama, exposing us all to a more direct blast of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. you wouldn’t know it by looking out [...]
sun safety for sex workers in central america
panama city panama – quaint north american notions of winter and summer have little meaning in equatorial regions. oh sure, the seasons change, but the tropical heat and humidity hangs around like an out of work brother in law. hot weather’s not a major issue for most of us. the typical traveler can drink mojitos [...]
