Hotel Los Guayacanes Chitre

... dough - so good in the morning with eggs, we also could check email and we took a boat back to the village to catch back up with Dave.   We were allowed to use the hotel's washing machine and we took advantage of the hot morning sun to dry the clothes in about 45 minutes outside on the clothes line!  ' We got back on the road and headed back out to the main road and towards Panama.  We 

... with 1 bed for 4 people. smallest room in panama kiwi slept on top of me! beers served all night 50/75 cents for a beers, 25 cent meat skewers, you couldnt go wrong. all the local put on authentic pana wear and they paraded down the streets singing and dancing. huge floats littered with beautiful women, partying through all hours of the ...

... went onto the internet to get a copy of the booking details. He came back before I got an answer and confirmed that it was this hotel and gave the booking number. Even with this information they still could not find him and so Mike went into the Reception office to look at the computer with the head receptionist and very soon had come up with the right name and the correct room. A quick phone call and John arrived at reception only to tell us ...

... Lastly, while we were sitting out on the portch, a girl fainted in the street as she walked by. We ran to her and she finally came to, complaining of an aching chest and heart problems. My uncle whipped the car around and I carefully laid her in the back seat and she was taken to the hospital. All that to say, today has been much more laid back! Well that´s all for now...more to come later - and pictures, I promise!

Chitre is the capital of the Herrera Province. This is a largely Spanish area from early Spanish settlement days. Many of the residents in this province can trace their lineage back to Spain. They say a village has been here, in Chitre, since 1558. So Fred and I decided to stray away from the beaches and see some more cultural aspects of Panama. After we dropped our packs off at our room at Hotel Prado, we walked to the ...

I woke up just in time to see an incredible sunset fading out my window. By the time I got my shoes on and looked for my camera, didn't find it, gave up, and went outside, all the colors had faded completely. Well, by that point I was up so I sat outside for a few minutes and listened to the "kissers" hanging around in the ceiling beams - little lizards that make kissing noises; Gabriel said they were Iguanas but I never got close enough to any of them to tell - and watched the last of ...

Morning came early (6:00, in fact) and I got up for the sunrise but it was too cloudy for any pictures. I walked around on the beach for a while and got a little writing done before I had to wake Gabriel and Josh up for breakfast. Breakfast was at the same little restaurant and then we were off to work. I guess you can call it work. It's hard when it's this much fun. Gabriel thought to ask Bonnie about where we might be able to buy a cake for Vanessa's birthday and she said don't ...

... like that before? Next we drove to El Puerto, where the houses were that we were going to stay in. Turns out we weren't staying in home stays at all, but in beach houses, essentially the second homes of these families. They were clean and beautiful, and nice houses altogether. We had to be careful about the toilets because the plumbing wasn't very good, and taking a shower was every bit like taking a shower in a hose - cold water and no showerhead - but they had clean ...

Dirijiendonos a Aguadulce, Poty decidio cmabiar de rumbo por completo y chusso que vaina pues!!! a scar calculos como idiota!! durante nuestro rumbo final hacia Chitre se podía pareciar todo el area de "El Salado" que es una extension grandisima de todo el area que va casi despues de Rio hato y se extiende hasta Chitre y +, dedicadoa la recoleccion de sal: que locura!

Not sure where we are right now, but there is a fabulous beach here. The water is warm, and we are staying at a vacation center for priests. We appear to be the only people anywhere near here, so it is very peaceful and quiet. Cooking food we recognize for dinner was both tasty and painful...stomachs are not prepared for real nutrients after nearly a month of only rice and beans. Very good time to reflect and recooperate with the team.