Todo Bien, Todo Bien

Hi everybody-

Just a quick update, we are in Medellin Colombia home (at some point in time) to some noteworthy figures such as Pablo Escobar, Juanes Botero and others. We arrived here on the 16th of January from Cartagena after an exhaustive albeit beautiful drive. We are in good spirits, the car is running smoothly and life is good. The next stop will Guatape, Cali, Popayan, and then Ecuador!

I am going to try and be more illustrative about whats been happening since Costa Rica using pictures, so here I go (and not in order of country)...

This is a picture of where Alex/I spent Christmas in Panama (Santa Catalina), my tent is on the right while Henkes's is on the left:
Here is a great picture of the Panama Canal from a look-out tower my mother/I climbed. To get a sense for how big the canal is please note that the ship moving down the middle is actually a Cruise ship:
This is a picture of my mother/I just outside an indigenous Indian village (South Central Panama):

This is a picture of me charming one of those Indians:

Here is a picture of an insane looking spider that pitched its enormous web just above Logan's bed (the spider had a 5 inch diameter and the pic was taken in Costa Rica):
This is an Owl Butterfly I encountered in Panama:

The following are various pictures of us in Cartagena, Colombia. Cartagena was, in my opinion, one of the greatest places visited thus far. I urge you all to check it out...


We hope you are well. Much love.
Mike

!!!Cardinals SUPER BOWL Bound!!!

Logans Panama Blog

Hello to all. Much of everything has been outlined from Mikes previous post, but I figured I would add my comments. First and foremost, I just want to say how awesome it was to witness the Cards victory over the Falcons with Mike and Alex at the sports bar at the Marriott in town, hopefully my wish will come true and the Gboys and the Cards will meet during the NFC Championship game, providing the three of us with a great opportunity for trash talking. But now to why I am writing. Mike and Alex were forced to seperate with me before my arrival to Panama, and because of that we have maintained a steady stretch of a lack of togetherness. I have been spending a majority of time in the El Congrejo part of town while Mike and Alex have been keeping Casco Viejo under lockdown at Lunas Castle. Much of this was the result of my gfriend visiting with me for 9 days and my belief that Mike and Alex didnt want to interfere with our affairs, which is understandable. As a result, Tori and I spent a wonderful time doing all the touristy things. Namely a stroll through Casco Viejo, Panama Viejo, the Causeway, and especially the Canal. We had a splendid time which can be viewed in the attached photogs.

On a more sour not, Tori and I had to part ways prior to New Years and we were not able to bring in the New Year with the kind of style I would have enjoyed. Instead I was left to wander the streets of the city alone, all the while looking for the action that never seemed to present itself. It was quite lonely searching out a fun crowd to party with only to come to the realization that it was not where I was looking. I ended up finding myself at the casino near my hotel where I managed to salvage what was left of my night, playing craps with a bunch of other lonely, degenerates until 5 am. Mike and Alex probably enjoyed there last day of the year more since they were on a party bus organized by their hostel, only problem, mostly dudes and unsightly chicas were onboard from the photos I saw.

Now I stand here, writing this with a mere couple of days before we depart to the unkown beyond of Colombia. It should be either the most eye opening portion of the trip thus far or the quickest thing we would like to forget. Either way it will be something to remember. Please keep us all in your thoughts as we embark on the biggest unkown of the trip up to this point. I wish everyone back home a happy holidays and the start of a new year that will hopefully be more promising than the one we are leaving behind. Cheers.