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Wed, 5 Nov 2014 | By dutchellis | Views [278]

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Mon, 3 Nov 2014 | By saulcely | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

i am a very active person, like sports a lot and taking pictures too also like every thing about animals insects and plants also like to travel a lot and take pictures of all the places and animals in that places. i think you should chose me because ... Read more >
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Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By purplelibrarian | Photo Gallery

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Photos: My Scholarship entry - Embera Indians

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By arielle_johnson | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Stemming from an abusive childhood, I sought photography as an outlet. I have been actively working as a photographer for the past eight years. I got my start by photographing the action at concerts and the beauty of nature. After falling completely ... Read more >
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Day 115 - 80 Miles from Colombia

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [407]

Day 2 on the open seas. We have just kept rocking to & fro, holding onto whatever doesn't move & timing our movements with lulls in the waves. Everyone seems a little tired & suffering a bit of cabin fever but all remains on track. We ... Read more >

Day 114 - 190 Miles to Colombia

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [438]

Becky & I still felt pretty rubbish when we woke up but started to turnaround as we left the magical swimming pool to set sail in the open ocean for cartagena. The rough 190 mile journey ahead through the open seas had begun. There wasn't much ... Read more >

Day 113 - BBQ Island

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [488]

Woke up to blissful sunshine before 6am in the most magnificent spot I think I've ever been. We really are in paradise. Surrounded by tiny islands with lush palm trees, white sands, turquoise waters & a really lovely group of people we could want ... Read more >

Day 112 - Isla Waisaladaup

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [404]

Was blissfully woken up from my deep slumber on deck by epic lightening & thunder penetrating the blue black clouds & obscuring the sunrise. It was beautiful and made even more amazing when Mirek appeared with a steaming hot strong cup of Colombian ... Read more >

Day 111 - Isla Porvenir

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [437]

Sailing through the night we arrived in the archipelago of the San Blas islands at Isla Porvenir (the first of 340 of them) at sunrise. We were now officially in Guna Yala lands with the most important cultural lesson to heed being never to help oneself ... Read more >

Day 110 - Portobello

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [412]

Headed off from Panama City via a taxi to Albrook terminal, a bus to Colon and then a bus to Portobello to link up with our sail boat. We were meant to leave at midday and we had arrived at the infamous Captain Jack's hostel by 10.30am to discover we ... Read more >

Day 109 - Panama City

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [433]

Possibly still struggling with aftermath if Fridays festivities we headed out in the pouring rain to find a laundromat & then mission to check out the Panama Canal. Our cabbie on the way to the Canal was hilarious. He introduced himself as Mark ... Read more >

Day 108 - Panama City

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [428]

After our massive night we managed to haul ourselves out of our bunks around 11am and went to the Mercardo de Mariscos for a ceviche & patacone fix. We then ventured to Albrook Mall to stick up on a few things we needed. The air con helped alleviate ... Read more >

Day 107 - Panama City

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [415]

Started the day with a pathetic attempt at a run around Santa Catalina. At least it was something eh? We met Tony to drive to Panama City at 7.30 & stopped at the local bakery for breakfast on the way. After a tasty omlette & excellent coffee ... Read more >

Panama - not the home of the Panama hat !

Sat, 20 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1489]

Completely off track, however, the Panama hat does not originate from Panama, it originated from Ecuador as early as the 17th Century. Straw hats woven in Ecuador like many other 19th and early 20th century South American goods, were shipped first to ... Read more >