Volcan, Panama

... maybe take us 6 hours. We had a good pace going for sure. It was an amazing weekend and an amazing hike. The city of Volcan is different than Boquete. It is higher in elevation and has many more farms and agriculture. so much of the land is farmed, all of ...

... terraced so rows of crops are up very steep mountain sides. Happened upon town of Guadalupe which is the highest village in Panama. Town was having a farmers market, so we stopped for some fresh fruit and yummy skewers with meat, potatos, green peppers and ...

... from this experience that centipedes are very tough to kill.  But aside from this, things were very pleasant.  The view of Volcan Baru, the nearly hourly cups of teas, and the no-English language environment were very relaxing. 

... more than excited to make whatever sleep sacrifices were required.  A series of odd occurrences took place on the Panama-to-David bus, including a most entertaining gold jewelry salesman who regaled us (in Spanish) with many witicisms and showered ...