It’s dark still, out the window of the airplane, and the rain makes it more so. I am in a converted cargo plane with the pilot, two Kuna indians and a crate of melons. The pilot cuts the engines to a quarter their power, and the plane makes a steep curve into the jungle.

Maps and Journals

Panama Map

Isthmus

Coconut Train to Cuero y Salado
Northern Honduras as a muse for travel.

Letters from the Canopy
Atop the Soberanía jungle and near the banks of the Panama canal, I write a series of letters to a mysterious pastor.

The Kuna Islands
Exploring the Kuna Indians island existence and their Caribbean settlement of Panama.

Monkey River Town
Follow us on a journey up the Monkey River

Old Highways of Peten
From Belize into the jungles of Northern Guatemala, we travel with redheaded triplets who insist our theories about the Mayan past are all wrong.

The Howling Coast
From the isolated Pacific Coast of Nicaragua to its bustling center.

Granada Libre
Nicaragua from its tourism mecca, and the choices it faces as it enters a brave new world.

Jungle in the Sky
A walk in the Nicaraguan volcanic cloud forest of Mombacho with an odd cast of characters.