Hostal Nomba Boquete

... for fish tacos. Jim and his
buddies had lots of fresh snapper and wahoo, so they cooked it up and
served it with pinapple salsa and black beans. They even had MEXICAN
style tortillas...yea!!!!! It was such a great treat. I have missed
TexMex so much more than I ever dreamed that I would! Isn't that funny?!



I'll wrap it up. I'll try to write more about the volunteering that I've been doing and my plans for the next couple of weeks!



bye for now.

... to talk about signing me up for classes, which I did! I started today with 2 hours of private lessons, and no, I'm not fluent. Yet! My professoras name is Swan. She's 23, married to a Colombian and has a step-daughter from Virginia- HOW FREAKIN' RANDOM! Talk about a small world. And her last name is Italian, like mine! Anyways, we got along great and I think I'm going to learn a lot. So far I've signed up for lessons through next week. And Rebecca and I ...

... island that held the turtle eggs included an eerily invigorating ride through the mangroves. If you've never seen a mangrove it's quite spooky, especially in the middle of the night! Mangroves are trees that have an incredible root system- it almost grows like ivy, intertwining with other mangrove trees to create this highly complex root system that is home to lots of creepy crawly things, like boa constrictors, vipers and alligators (oh my!)...we didn't see any ...

... trail would at least have one sign hanging about to assure you that you are indeed on the right track? Al was determined to go on, I was beginning to lose heart. I won in the end but only due to the fact that the trail ended abruptly with a wire fence cutting it in half. Yes!!!! We turned back and made quick work of getting back to the ranger station, stepping in yet more muddy pools, not really very impressed. We were now in the middle of nowhere on a road with ...

... infatti a più di
1000 metri di altezza in una vallata verdissima, traboccante di alberi
e fiori. Ma qui ci fermiamo solamente un paio di giorni come passaggio
per arrivare a Bocas del Toro, arcipelago all’estremo nord di Panama. (info in www.panamasecreto.com)

... thorough explanation of the process. The best part of the tour was learning about the indigenous Ngobe Indian and how they live and work at the coffee plantations in the area...our main objective was getting the authentic burlap coffee bags and tasting some incredible coffee, both of which were accomplished. After happy hour at the hotel, again, we headed to Mexican with our hotel owning friends from Pedasi, Panama then back to the Jazz ...

... phone didn't work and Marcus was the only one got up at that time. Ups!! Luckily he was not at all angry (or he didn't show it). We took a bus to cerro Punta, and started climbing the mountain. We wanted to walk from Cerro Punta till Boquete, following the "Sendero de los quezales", a path in a cloudy tropical forest. We understand that of "clody". It was really beautifula, and funny, because the path is not done for "old tourists", but is quite natural, and in ...

... to avoid the swine flu but I didn´t see them being handed out. But I think I´ll be fine, somehow. There were several chocolate shops in the airport and I indulged in a bag of Minstrels... oh my god, they were amazing.

So, now I´m in Colombia! I nthe colonial city of Cartagena. It seems very nice and pretty and quite exciting but I´ve not been here long so I´ll update again another time!

Take care, would be good to hear from you all!

... The weather has been perfect and the beach is within walking distance from the house. It has been 25 years since I have been in Miami, and I am enjoying my stay here tremendously. Danny and Michal's generosity and love got me through a few really tough days, as re-entry has not been as easy as you might think. I couldn't have done it without them. I also got a quick three day visit in with Barbara Jean who came down from Boston to her family's condo on Jupiter Island. As many of ...

... a hotel, several restaurants a bridge and washed out some roads along the river. It seems, although we are unsure about this, that businesses took a halt for awhile in aid of those in need of evacuation, and tourist activities may have been halted as well. We couldn't figure out why Lonely Planet book we've always been able to rely on for our travels would be so inacurrate. Places in the book have already closed down (hotels, restaurants & souvenir shops). However ...