Bienvenido! My wife and I love traveling the world, and after we both retired, we found our little slice of paradise in the Highlands of Panama, in the small mountain town of Volcán.

This blog is mostly my personal corner of the internet, where I share our retired expat life, local coffee shops, fondas, restaurants, community happenings, and the everyday adventure of living in Panama. I also write about religion, doubt, questions, and the strange little mysteries that come with trying to understand Christianity after spending decades around it.

And because life needs vegetables, coffee, and occasional confusion, I also talk about how we manage to survive — and even thrive — on a plant-based lifestyle here in Panama.

HippieVic is part travel journal, part coffee shop notebook, part food adventure, part spiritual curiosity cabinet, and part retired-guy ramble from the mountains.

Pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and welcome to the ride.