Central America

January 13, 2013

Panama’s Archipelago San Blas is life in a Far Side cartoon

By John Henderson Special to The Philadelphia Inquirer ARCHIPELAGO SAN BLAS, Panama – The canoe with my two backpacks sitting precariously at the bow motors through the royal blue Caribbean Sea. I’m cruising past miniscule, uninhabited islands not even charted on maps, and I’m heading to one of them. I’m spending two days on the […]

November 19, 2012

Old-school Caribbean cool on Nicaragua’s Corn Islands

People are always willing to give you a ride on Little Corn Island

“This is the coolest part of Nicaragua,” said Randy, his braided cornrows darkening with the setting sun. “There is no police, no politicians, none of those rude boys.” No need. Little Corn Island is a little more than a half a square mile. If you can negotiate a couple of rock outcroppings, you can walk […]

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