Cielito Sur Bed and Breakfast Volcan

I've spent the last few days in the Western Highlands of Panama with my
new friend, Ric********e thing that makes this area special is that it
surrounds Volcan Buru which is a real volcano that could potentially
errupt again! Volcan is the town that is situated in its crater. Now,
Richard lives a great little house in Cuesta de Piedras which just
outside of Volcan. He's got two cute little dogs, Puma and Frieda and
he feeds one of ...

... blur really. The rest of our time at the hostel was spent lazing in the hammocks, reading, watching and taking pics of the hummingbirds on the patio, watching the raccoons and playing with Rocky, the pet kinkajou. The owners had rescued Rocky from a local boy, who had kept him in a tiny box and had castrated him. He now lives in a massive shelter just off the kitchen area of the hostel where he sleeps during the day (being a nocturnal beast) and plays havoc with ...

... finishes, one has to walk 13 Kilometer in the road till Boquete...but a car came and brought us there, lucky guys we were : )

Once in Boquete we looked for a hostel, of course the cheapest one, which I founded disgusting in the beginning but it was not. The men there were very nice, they allowed us to use their kitchen for free, and got up to offered us their sits for eating. We cooked a very good pasta a went to sleep early as babies, the following day was ...

... I went to my cooperating teacher, Dolly´s, house for dinner one night, and the school provided dinner for my group and all of our cooperating teachers our last evening in Monteverde. It was delicious! For my last day I spent the morning with my family where we exchanged gifts (my host mom gave me one of her pastel paintings) and I hung out with Fabricio and Sofia playing cards and marbles. I then said my goodbyes and headed off to the bus depot where I met Curtis and Annie. We ...

Late start after we had a problem with gas then once we got that fixed we had no water pressure. The workers will shut off water around town without notification. Drove out to Volcan on the east side of the Baru volcano. Hillsides are littered with either dairy farms or fruit/vegi crops. Hills aren't terraced so rows of crops are up very steep mountain sides. Happened upon town of Guadalupe which is the highest village in Panama. Town was having a ...

... that with me! What the hell was I thinking there? Reunion with that tiny little piece of machinery brought on a full out dance party with the youngest Miami dog, Teddy, in the living room on 95th Street. Hey, a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do. The Christmas and New Year holidays were spent with the Donoso family at Palmira Springs Hotel, my home away from home in Panama. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the family and their extended group of friends. The food was ...

... the last people to check-in...technically late. But so is the plane so all's good. Thankfully they don't assign seats on these small prop planes, so we board early because of Callista. That was a pretty comfortable flight. 50 minutes in the air and had more legroom and better cabin service than Delta. Arrive in David and rent a car. We were told that unless we're looking to buy a refrigerator, there isn't much need to be in David, so we high-tail it to the mountian town of ...

... to fill it and it was next to an rusted out bathtub..maybe that was the hotub...not sure. Anyway I was really happy to be there in a different town with all the beauty of the mountains and a hot shower which was pretty much resort like to me right now. I have been taking many sink baths because getting into the cold shower when it is cold and rainy outside just isnt happening for me. I try to syke myself up for it but the sink baths are ...

... into with a fly-swatter, capture under a wine glass, then flushed down the toilet after a being held under the water by the same fly-swatter until it has nearly drowned. I learned from this experience that centipedes are very tough to kill. But aside from this, things were very pleasant. The view of Volcan Baru, the nearly hourly cups of teas, and the no-English language environment were very relaxing.