Panama just hosted the Summit of the Americas April 10-12, 2015 and although there were presumably many subjects on the agenda, the headline grabber was indisputably the opening of relations…

I expect I will continue to think about Darien for some time. It is quite easy to understand why a road has not been punched through to Colombia. The harsh…

It has turned out to be an adventure, but not perhaps the jungle trek or island hopping adventure I had hope for. After exploring the region as best I could,…

Handstanding in Australia Visiting Australia is so much fun! My favourite parts of Australia are their beaches, the surfing and fishing. The fishing goes one of two ways – one…

By Helena Artmann. Photos by Crista-Lee Photography Photo by Crista-Lee Photography Two weeks of spring break and a seven almost eight year old at home. What do you do? I…

The trip from mountainous, beautiful Manizales to Medellin is only 184 kilometres, however the best case scenario by bus takes 4 hours. The scenery is dramatic and in order to…

So… Wow. Aside from volcanic rock, the rest of the environment is so green as to almost assault the senses. From bird to plantations this country is alive and feels…

Even though I have been eating a lot and a lot of yummy foods like mangoes, passion fruit, guava juice, rasher bacon and ice cream down here in Australia, I…

This is a bit of a touchy subject. Reciprocity or an eye for an eye as some biblical phrase reads always has its supporters. From the death penalty to boarder…

Today I woke up at 3.45 in the morning with jetlag, but it didn’t bother me, interestingly. I lay in bed listening to the early morning chatter of the rainbow…