Valle Escondido Boquete

... out for a hike. She's right.<br><br><br><br>Of course, a lot of people who are here are transients. My friends who<br>were here between Costa Rica and Panama City are leaving today. I've<br>met a few people who intended to come for a few days and have now been<br>here for 6 months. A lot of people here are here for months at a time<br>to study Spanish or do other research for masters thesis. Then, there<br>are people like my friend, Rob, who came here and decided to make this<br>area ...

... it was nice to see it through her eyes. <br><br>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 ...

... with the Spanish I know right now to travel through other countries- I can get by, but my goal is to be able to have a conversation with the locals! Pratica, practica as Jaime says!<br><br>Last night we invited Frankie and his 3 friends (Dave, the Austrailian, Lauren, from England, and Hermana, from Costa Rica) as well as Sophia and Robbie over for dinner. We grilled burgers and sausages and fixed salad and corn on the cob- YUM. We hung out here for a ...

... I would hold him. Men. <br><br>The Lost and Found Lodge was definately one of our highlights in Panama, it has everything, lovely hot showers, beautiful views, a nice volcano to look at in the distance, some fairly challenging trails, nice rivers to swim in, cool volunteers who will help any way they can, a friendly Kinkajou who steals your heart, abundant animal and bird life... and a foosball table for mean competitions! <br><br>What more could you ask for? <br><br><br><br><br>

... jump, and, all in a thousandth of second, they are at the front of the bus again. Sometimes is amazing how fast they are. Imagine our surprise when we saw a man doing the same job, at the same speed, who had no legs from the knee down, but two sticks!!! It was amazing how good he could run and make his job!! Great. But that's not all, once we saw a man doing this job, who had really NO LEGS, he was calling the people to the bus just repting like a snake!!. It can ...

... up to date as I am the blog!). <br><br>On my day off I decided to splash some cash and went zip-lining! There is a company that does canopy tours and you go whizzing through the tree-tops on these steel cables at up to 80kph... which is pretty quick. The scenery is incredible, right up in the cloudforest, and it´s good fun to descend through the trees over 14 cables. I also went to a large garden on the outskirts of town called Mi Jardin es Su ...

... s was thrown out as an alternative, luckily we were walking down the street and I remembered a Japanese restaurant we'd passed our first night there. Matsui turned out to be some awesome sushi and teriyaki, everyone was pleased with the meal and aside from the edimame, $6.50, it was reasonably priced. Caught a plane to David in north Panama at 4.10. An American from Portland looking to buy real estate in Boquete sat next to me. When I told him I lived in San Diego, the 2 guys in ...

... so all that is left is this mist. Weird at first, but not a problem. It is a nice area. We've had some really good food here. Two outstanding trout dishes, a great peruvian shrimp deal, some decent pizza. Boquete is also primo coffee territory, so we've had plenty of good cups of coffee too. Today we had a great time at this place called Paradise Gardens. It is a rescue/rehab place for abused/unwanted animals. They had monkeys, and a baby ant-eater (that Callista got to ...