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 […]
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A sting in the tale
After a brief mid-week trip to the mountainous region of Boquete, Richard returned on Thursday to spend another weekend in Bocas del Toro. His return coincided with the 13th anniversary celebrations of the opening of La Iguana, one of Bocas’ most popular nightclubs. As we walked in, it became evident there was a theme we […]
Progress Report: One month in Panama
You might watch the video below and beg to differ, but over the past fortnight I feel I’m slowly getting to grips with Spanish grammar. In class we occasionally play Scrabble and my brain sometimes feels like the bag holding all the extra letters. During conversations I’ll try to extract the words I need, but […]
A close shave near Starfish Beach
I wrote in a previous post that the lack of brakes on the bicycles in Bocas del Toro wasn’t a problem as the islands’ relaxed atmosphere meant there wasn’t a need for them. How wrong I was. I was cycling down one of the larger hills on my way back from two beaches on the […]
Progress Report: Two weeks in Panama
As I’ve written in my most recent blog post, I’ve learned a lot of vocabulary and grammar during my first two weeks studying Spanish at Habla Ya in Bocas del Toro. This will undoubtedly benefit me greatly in the weeks and months ahead. At the moment I’m struggling to formulate all this new information into […]
Progress Report: The starting line
Hola! I intend to produce fortnightly videos over the coming months, which will hopefully track the improvement in my Spanish language skills. On the basis that progress must be measured for goals to be attained, the video below represents the start line. After studying Spanish at GCSE level 12 years ago, I have tried to pick […]