From Amsterdam to the Jungle: direct flight

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I just spent three fantastic weeks in Europe. For those who don´t know, there is a great direct flight hosted by KLM/ AirFrance directly from Panama to Amsterdam. So, it took me only 11 hours to pass from my cozy tropical weather to chilli Amsterdam´s autum. I took the plane at night and my breakfast was already dutch pancakes.

It made me think a lot about what people travel for and what they consider "exotic". Being from Panama, for me, cold is an exotic destination. Examples of exotic animals include (and are not limited to): sheeps, furry cows (or furry anything), lambs. Interesting architecture features include chimneys.

So I thought to myself, isn´t this interesting. While I can take a plane at night and be in cold weather the next morning eating pancakes, anyone in Amsterdam can do the same and be on a boat at the Panama Canal lake in the afternoon watching monkeys or even hiking at one of our 15 minute away national parks and discover what the rainforest is all about.

Travelling before used to be this amazing journey for months on mule, horse, boat. And once there, wao, you had to work your way back. Now is so easy... just wait two hours in the airport, take a sleeping pill and wake up to your adventure the next morning!

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