ADVENTURES, CHALLENGES, AND INSIGHTS OF A COUPLE IN EARLY RETIREMENT
We spent the last five weeks of our roving retirement practicing slow travel near Puerto Vallarta, but we did visit lots of places. In our last article, we described the attractions of Riviera Nayarit, the area north of the airport. Here we describe the activities that we thought were interesting south of the airport.
Spending a month of roving retirement in the beach community of Playa Coronado didn’t mean that we didn’t have any field trips. One such excursion was to El Valle a town in an old volcanic crater near Coronado.
While our visit to Panama was mostly about relaxing, working on the blog, and travel planning for next year, we did find time to visit Lake Gatun and a place called Monkey Island.
After our weeklong visit to Panama City, we rented a car and headed west along the Pacific Ocean to Playa Coronado. We had a four-week rental in a swim-up 1 bedroom condo with unlimited golf, a gym, several pools, two restaurants, and a beach club.
One of the highlights of our trip to Panama was visiting the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone. We also learned about the history of one of the world’s greatest achievements. Many years ago, I read a book about the Panama Canal. Ever since then, seeing the canal in person has been on my bucket list.
