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sushi rice topped with kimchi-marinade mixed tuna, avocado, green beans, crispy salmon skin, pineapple and hierbabuena

There are seven more iterations of the "Hawaiian Bowl" at Miyagi; I'm getting the salmon today.

video games, national forests, and...star trek?yea.  star trek too.

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Sushi rice base, avocado, salmon with eel sauce and ginger on the one and tuna with truffle oil and sesame seeds on the other.

inside a crispy nori taco shell.

I keep going to this place and forgetting to take pictures because I devour the food, but I really can't sing their praises enough.

So crazy good.

I know the dire straits of the job market are nothing to sneeze at, but dozens of countries have thousands of job openings for someone with a native English accent from the US, Canada or UK and more neutral accents from fluent non-native English speakers.If you want or need money, ESL is about as quick and easy a remedy as there is for fluent English speakers.

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I prefer front-facing speakers, my hardware requirements seem to be mostly taken care of with modern phones here(8gb ram, newer snapdragon, expandable storage) for $200-300.

I buy phones infrequently and haven't heard of most of these new companies so I'm curious what people recommend these days.

Panama still being cool despite a creepy old man hitting on me.

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Talking out of my ears

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I go for a walk everyday and had no idea there was a little park on a hill right in the middle of the city with this view. Nice to find something new after a couple months

Wanted to see what was out there.Same as the first time I left.Figured it out a bit quicker this time. It is interesting how it all came together this time.

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what happened this week?

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The dollar store was having a three-for-one sale on snacks, so I picked up some popcorn and crackers and shared them with the crab eating raccoons who inhabit the Pacific Coast here in Panama City.

usually a few of them will show up but with three bags, I created too much of a simmering excitement, so I'll have to share snacks at a moderate pace and then move along down the coast and find a couple other raccoons next time. there were double the amount in that picture swarming the area, although none of them were acting aggressive.

the raccoons are quite tame and polite, and you can see locals with their children feeding the raccoons every day.

one got down on the ground and tugged on my pants with his little paws.

if you hold out a snack, they don't bite it away from you, they take it from you with their hands and then eat it.

it's awesome.

"Number one" naturally referring to the first country you're going to travel to.Which destination should you start with?

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Fishermen, the Pacific, some tourists, chicharron/snack stands, and I've never seen Panama city from this perspective.

more rambling

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A few reminders that you can absolutely learn any language you want to, all it takes is a little time and consistency.

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Beautiful people locking themselves out of their rooms, still no crocs that I can find, and just a real good time in a realy nice city.

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How all the things I didn't think about or forgot to do before I went traveling didn't stop me having a great time or even matter much one way or another.

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more pics in body.

I didn't recognize it at first, just saw a large white shape I thought might be a fin or a tail originally because of how wavy it was, but then I realized it was a big ol' manta ray!

hangin in panama, hunting for crocs, living the dream.

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More of that good food.Yak jerky, pulled pork sandwich, savory layered omelette, dry-fried green beans, stanky tofu

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Panama life, panama fondas, panama crocs, panamanians.

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Why pay taxes if you don't have to?In the US, if you are abroad for 330 or more days out of the tax year, you file a single IRS tax form, 2555, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and don't have to pay about 125,000 in earned income tax each year. takes 15 minutes to fill out.Country doesn't matter, company doesn't matter, being out of the US 330 days or more entitles you to this legal tax eclusion.Which is pretty great, I've saved probably tens of thousands over the years while traveling using this income tax exclusion.Worth looking into:https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion-physical-presence-testThe information provided is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered personalized financial advice. Consult with a qualified financial professional before making investment decisions.

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first week in panama, buffets, the beautiful city, all that good stuff.

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I was looking for a Nintendo 64 controller on craigslist and found a misplaced ad for teaching English in China.

Completely changed the course of my life, I've been traveling ever since.