Fundadores Hotel Boquete

... it was nice to see it through her eyes.

We got all dolled up and headed off to work! Another exciting night behind the bar- this time we made $40 in tips! Total...not individually. We had to split that between 4 people..but still, not too bad! Plus it was loads of fun! We didn't get home until 5am, so needless to say we were a little sleepy on Saturday, but still managed to get out and enjoy the town a bit. We took a walk up to Cafe Ruiz and got ...

... then headed down to Amigos for a drink. Nothing too exciting, except we DID go to Romaros and get ice cream on the way home! They seriously need grape nut ice cream in the states..right Carter?? She can back me up!

And alas, here we are, Tuesday afternoon. Our plan for the day :relaxing. Our plan for tonight: the circus!! Yea, that's right, the circus...complete with lions, elephants and cotton candy! woohoo!!

Love love love,

Jaime

... 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 ...

... much funnier and better than the warm water in fact. Just Marcus was able to stay there. They were too hot for Amelia and also for my back, which was still burnt. So I could just lie down somewhere where the river was no deep. In the end we decided to forget the "burning" waters and come back to the river : ). We took no pictures, so we have to wait till Marcus send us his.

We came back just on time before it started to rain. Yupiii!!! Already in Boquete we ate ...

... she headed off. She decided it was time for her to head home but wanted to see a few more sights in Costa Rica first. She should be back to Winnipeg in couple days though! The rest of us went to the beach for the morning for some relaxing and boggie-boarding. In the afternoon we hopped on a bus and headed to San Isidro. the drive there was a little crammed and there was a torrential downpour but we made it there safe and sound and checked into Hotel Chirripo. There was a few ...

... by such fabulous stuff. Okay, one more food thing....just one..... Zarzamora..... I had no idea what it was and while up in Volcan with Cesar and Olivia we stopped at a little local restaurant for breakfast. Cesar was excited that they had this "juice" and I jumped in too. Why not? Oh MY GAWD. Y'all.... fresh blackberry juice. No lie. Then they took me to this little roadside stand that they sold what they referred to as "strawberries and cream". (By the way, this altitude is ...

... finding out about the November incident, we figured this place had a lot more happening stuff at one time prior to the flooding. We don't mind it much. It's been a VERY relaxing couple of days, just driving around, stopping for Coffee here and there while looking at the beautiful mountain area and the cool mountain breeze, and looking forward to every meal time. I should mention, the hotel we are staying in (rather, B & B) would be a highly recommended place to stay ...

... European hostals. I have met several women traveling alone, which seems unusual to us in the U.S. I met a girl today who just got out of college and was traveling for 6 weeks before looking for a job. She had also been to Ecuador some time earlier and was mugged there twice. Boquete, in fact, all of Panama, except parts of Panama City, are considered quite safe compared to Costa Rica and Guatemala. I have talked to several travelers who ...