http://theandiamo.com/logwp Why go out there? Well, why not? Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:11:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was hoping to get some cool video and some other pieces up during my time in Panama City. But it has rapidly come to an end, and I hadn't been able to get any of it updated! Andiamo's gonna be busy for the next week or so, so I ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/12/23/im-running-a-bit-behind/ [caption id="attachment_146" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The TV crew and Karen hard at work filming at Chichime"][/caption] So while we're in Panama City after finishing our latest trip last week, I get an email from a Kiwi/British TV crew that was on their way to shoot Panama for a Travel Channel UK show ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/12/03/theyre-puttin-us-on-the-teevee/ It took me a little longer to get this year's "Muchas Gracias List", an annual thanksgiving tradition here on the Andiamo blog, together. It's mostly because Andiamo's been crazy busy lately. Nonetheless, I want to get this year's list up now while I had a chance to give a special ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/29/the-muchas-gracias-list-2008-edition/ Here's a cool clip of one of the biggest dolphin sightings Andiamo's EVER SEEN! Luckily, the battery was charged, the sun was all good, and I managed to get some great footage. Oh, and wait for the AWESOME aerial breach by two dolphins (one is a baby). That's NOT something ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/28/dolphins-again-yawn/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ah yes... this is what it looks like from afar... "][/caption] For the past almost five years, I've wanted nothing more than to get some decent shots of Andiamo undersail, but from AWAY! That's not asking too much is it? I mean, how hard can it be? ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/25/check-out-the-new-sailing-shots/ Last weekend it was crazy here. There was a national independence holiday going on, the Miss Colombia Pageant (which took place in Cartagena) and a weird boat festival called the "Balleneras" festival, which now ties in with the beauty pageant. Anyway, I hung out on deck watching the action with ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/18/thats-right-its-time-for-another-video-woohoo/ That's right, as part of the Andiamo's quest to rule the world, we've opened up an Amazon store! :p Why you ask? Well, for one thing, I get asked all the time by readers what books they should read to prepare themselves for cruising. I also get asked for my opinion ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/09/andiamo-has-a-new-store-cool-huh/ [caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Oh yeah baby... New and improved... "][/caption] Well, between having this temporary downtime, and being locked out of my Pokerstars account (apparently, playing from Colombia poses a security risk, they claim to be sorting it out... ), I finally found some time to get the rest of ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/08/this-is-the-new-stuff/ One good thing about Andiamo's engine deciding to take an implosion break was that it got me back to land in time to watch the 2008 election unfold. And what a sight that was indeed! It was the antithesis to the disastrous, horrific and just plain criminal events that unfolded ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/05/behold-history-in-the-making/ [caption id="attachment_66" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Andiamo's beloved Perkins Diesel, "post-rebuild""][/caption] That's right, previously unbeknownst to me, there is another chapter to what I thought was a long finished saga. Since the apparent success of this engine rebuild between June and August of this year, we've completed 7 trips between here and ... http://theandiamo.com/logwp/2008/11/03/i-got-the-engine-rebuilding-blues-part-four/