I arrived in Boquete for the final weekend of the famous Flower and Coffee Festival. The small town was awash with colour and crowds. Panama’s adventure capital is in the north of country and lies in a valley high up in the mountains. Hence its name – Boquete means gap in Spanish. The town’s […]
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Moura must buck trend to become a success
Much like their north London rivals, Tottenham seldom sign players in the January transfer window. Yet this winter both clubs have splashed the cash. While it is Arsenal’s frenetic activity which has understandably drawn the most attention, Tottenham’s £23m deal for PSG player Lucas Moura carries its own sense of intrigue. Long considered to be […]
Progress Report: Two months in Panama
Those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the latest installment will have realised this video comes more than a month after my last report. This is partly due to the three-week break I enjoyed in England over the Christmas period. However, I had intended to publish this video more than a week ago. The […]
Panama City: Much more than just a canal
I returned to Panama on 13th January to resume my efforts to learn Spanish. I intend to remain in the country until the end of March and I am spending the majority of this time in Bocas del Toro, where I was studying for seven weeks in the run up to Christmas. Yesterday, I arrived […]
Mourinho clutching at straws
The 54-year-old Manchester United manager has an enviable record of winning the domestic league in his second season in charge of every team he has coached since 2002. In pre-season this achievement was used as powerful evidence that Jose Mourinho would replicate the feat for a fifth time and bring the title back to Old […]
Underwater magic and returning home
My final week studying at Habla Ya in 2017 flashed by in a flurry of homework assignments and work commitments. Over two sleep-deprived days involving a 12-hour bus journey that was delayed by a drunken passenger, I travelled from Bocas del Toro to England, arriving home in time for Christmas. A relatively quiet final week […]