finger licking good

CHURIN, Peru – what barbecued treat compliments Andean potatoes, choclo (Peruvian corn), and cold cusquena? i’ll give you a hint, it’s too fat, has zero cholesterol, and when alive, can be found smearing feces, and urine into its food and bedding.

weekly news roundup

i may be a whiner, but i’m hardly alone in sounding the alarm over the changes to panama’s immigration laws. check out the panama investor blog, and take the survey. panama already faces stiff competition for from costa rica. but now it seems mexico wants to compete for the expat/tourist dollar by legalizing prostitution. how [...]

i blame bob

some say Colombian immigrants are responsible for the problems in panama today. others claim it’s those nasty white devils from the north. and then there are the people who’ll say the fault lies with the Panamanian government. but i blame bob.

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 [...]

better the devil you know

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last! old negro spiritual it’s being reported that the depraved gringo fred salaff has been freed from his 2 1/2 year ordeal. salaff’s website claims he was found innocent, and will seek the return of his belongings and equipment confiscated illegally. after [...]