OUR RETIRED ADVENTURE
qUEREMOS VIVIR AL SOL
KSha
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Well I gotta say this island living is hard to beat. It is so awesome to look out our balcony every morning to see the palm trees and the waves and water everywhere you look. As I mentioned last time, we were thinking about taking the hotel kayaks out on the high seas for a spin. Well we did! We had to follow our new friends Maxine and Ian, no not the son of the world renown B & N AirBnB couple in EP; just some cool grain farmers from Canada. NGG attempted to take some oceanic shots while on our voyage; however, the film must have gotten overexposed and the shots didn't turn out. Maxine was nice enough to document the ocean adventurers' return to shore. We went back into Bocas Town for dinner a few nights ago to Coco Fastronomy, a place right on the water. Recall our hotel is about 4 kilometers outside of the "downtown" area. Arriving in the cab we were amazed with the activity and amount of people walking the streets along the water. If we thought the streets were busy with activity, we were quite amazed at was was going on on the water once we were seated at our table. We walked around after dinner and found our last stop in Panama hotel a few blocks from where we ate dinner. It is just outside the "frenetic zone", but close enough for us to walk to a great many restaurants or the many docks for us to use to explore the nearby islands. Miercoles, (Wednesday) was Bingo night at Skully's. Maxine and Ian joined us for the evening. A double card costs you a buck, and all players get a shot of Abuelo rum...nasty stuff that you could use to clean your car engine with. George, a local regular won the first two games and the crowd turned anti-George very quickly...even Skully was intimating that he cheats and that's why he wins so often. Taking the third shot in preparation for game 3, the 4 of us vowed to take down George. O-64 was the straw that took George down and the BB daubed it as we all cried BINGO! Ten bucks and free bucket of beer were the reward for taking down George. Had to play one more as I got to pick the pattern for the next game. Pretty sure I did the shot again...although I cannot either confirm nor deny that. We walked out to go next door to Ciao's for pizza (although I might have wobbled). Shared pizzas with M & I and enjoyed another great chocolate and coffee bar afterwards. Looking for a cab out on the road we had several pass us up as they had fares already. As we got worried about finding a ride, an SUV passed us, stopped and then backed up to give us ride! Not a cab, but friendly locals that helped the gringos get home. Very cool! Happy hour and cribbage the following day at our hotel on the water bar, lead to a wonderful dinner of salmon and BBQ ribs. During lunch on Friday (1/20) we caught a double rainbow over the neighboring island and then watched the rain advance to our location for a refreshing 20 minute rain. We had to say goodbye to Maxine and Ian on Friday as they were off to Panama City and then a bus ride to Nueva Gorgona; which is just outside of Coronado where we were at a while back. They were staying at the complex where we ate lunch that I spoke of in an earlier blog post.
Some friends go, and you meet new ones. We met Jeff Witt, a fellow retiree from Texas on Thursday at breakfast and he invited us to go to dinner with him on Friday night. We went to Skully's for our first time to enjoy something to eat--I checked, those shots at bingo didn't count as being in a food group. We all enjoyed sharing a pizza and some nachos as we watched the pool tournament. It was nice to meet Jeff, and he is leaving on a flight a few hours from now as I write this (Saturday). We don't have access to any TV channels to keep up on American sports, so we are back to Skully's to watch the early playoff game tonight (still have that free bucket of beer to cash in). We already decided we wouldn't survive staying for the late game...probably have a tough time walking AND catching a cab that late at night. Even though the weather in Chi town hasn't been too bad for January; I'm still glad as hell to be in Panama. If I can convince Sha to abandon her love for Pedasi, I think I could put this island living in the hunt for a long term stay...? We plan to make a decision soon on where we want to go after our short return in mid February to the States for somewhere in early March. Gotta factor my buddy Ed's Bday in there as well. Stay tuned for more info... Pura Vida!
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