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 […]
Panama City
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 […]
Setting off to Panama
As I walked around Heathrow Terminal 5 before dawn, I recalled my departure to Central America on my gap year nine years and 11 months before. I was aware that although this was a day I had been looking forward to for months, I was noticeably less giddy this time around. Had I remembered my […]