Ok I'll be honest, It's been longer than this 15 hour bus ride to Panama. I've been searching for the past month. I've had my eyes peeled open being on the lookout for the slow, hairy, 3-toed animal that calls Costa Rica it's home; the sloth. Rumor has it that they like to hangout high in the trees but the only place I've seen them is on our 10.000 colone bill ($20). Although its not my cup of tea to stay sitting for more than 5 minutes, I have a blast on our long travel days to our different countries. Apart from looking for sloths, the window seat gives me the...

So travel days worry me. When there are 7/8 other people’s lives in my hands and we are going to a new country, I tend to get a little stressed out. As much as I try not to worry, it still happens. Travel day from San Jose, Costa Rica to Panama City, Panama began as any other. Up early to pack and be out the door by 9am. Here we are 9 gringos with all the stuff we own for four months on our backs. As we are walking to the bus stop, I can’t seem to remember which block. ‘Maybe this one? I don’t know, let’s walk one more.’ Yep there it is. A bus pulls up...