S/V Aphrodite

Happy Birthday Jo!
I got my first glimpse of Panama City just as the sun was rising about a week ago. I was on the night to dawn sailing watch as we approached Panama City. At first I could not figure out what I was seeing and then I realized that it was the sun, reflecting [...]

We have been in cloudy Panama for 11 days now. The skis finally cleared yesterday, putting an end to my less than sunny mood and giving us a chance to see just how beautiful this area is. We have just begun to detect a slight change in weather pattern indicating the ending of the rainy [...]

We are in a small group of islands called the Secas, off the coast of Panama near the city of David. Yesterday, while poking around, we discovered a true Fantasy Island. It turns out the this group of islands is privately owned by a young dot.com-er who has created the camp he apparently never had [...]