Aramo Panama City

... called it a night, only venturing out to get ice cream after we made dinner! We took the early bus out and were back in Boquete by early evening yesterday. Ahh, it feels good to be home! We returned to Hostel Refugio to some major developments- a wine bar! And smoothies! So we really may never leave...

We start house sitting tomorrow- free laundry!!! It sounds simple, but it's a luxury for us!

Stay tuned..love you!

Carter and Jaime

... out into the rain to share it while sitting under a mango tree and watching the water. The mangos would drop pèriodically, usually splitting upon impact, but Evan found one undamaged just as a man came by and taught us how to eat it "Monkey Style." What you do is squeeze the mango all over kneeding it with your hands until it is very squishy. If it has a hole it has a worm, so unless you need the protein leave that one for the birds. After ...

... the flight was delayed and I arrived after dark. I guess I'll have to do all my exploring in the morning before I leave for Boquete. The inn where I'm staying is in a residential neighborhood within walking distance of the causeway, so I think I may head out there tomorrow and check out the sights. More to come..... This comfy bed is calling my name.

... me so.  It's very difficult to disconnect from.  I look in their eyes  and I swear they're saying to me, "what did I do to deserve this?"  It haunts me, and I could probably describe each and every of the 10's we've seen.  It doesn't matter how much I travel to other parts of the world, this never gets easier for me.

We find our way to Ego for a bite to eat, amazing brochettes by the way, then we depart for the regional airport to catch our plane to Bocas Town on Isla Colon.

... over there!!" - "NO!!! - THEY ARE KITES!!" "Oh, ehe.. I thought they were tents..." Litt pinlig.. Vi var begge stolte da vi kom til det stadiet hvor man maa; ha kontroll paa kiten i luften, passe seg for boelgene som slaar inn hele tiden, ta paa seg brettet med en ...

... of birds and feeders outside the patio of our room, and I hear some interesting birds visit daily. The weather here is warm 22 degrees centigrade. As they say, wish you were here. Tomorrow we have a half day city tour plan and Monday a very early birding tour of Pipeline Road, one of the most famous birding spots in the world. It's also Carnival here today and the next 3 days so the city is packed. I not sure what that will bring. We'll find out . . .

... during the day, but it was warm and tropical all throughout the tranisit. The ship had priority passage which means they paid more to be able to sail in and thru the canal without any long waits. The ship provided a lecturer to speak over the PA system, explaining all of the sites that we passed during the transit. We entered the locks with the Queen Victoria. She transited the canal with us. She is a large ship especially next to the White Lady (the name the Ship's ...

... World Heritage Site and is slowing starting to restore its original colonial charm. We really enjoyed being able to see it during this rehabilitation process. The cobbled streets and dilapidated buildings provided along side the renewed buildings gave it quite a bit of charm. We took a taxi to the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks. I have to say it was really impressive to see. I wasn´t expecting it ...

... something i´ve been looking forward to since we booked this trip, and it did not disappoint. We got to the look out point to see a cruise ship steaming through, and as we took photos of all the wealthy tourists on their cruise ship they took photos of all us budget tourists on our look out point. It was completely cheesy (i.e. a man on a microphone telling us to welcome them all to panama on the count of three...) so it was awesome. We stayed there for ages, watching them all ...