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.
Island life comes with a completely different vibe and groove to it. To live here, you would want to be outside the main town and have some type of economical transportation (bicycle or scooter...maybe golf cart) as the taxis are expensive to use on a daily basis (how I long for the Ubers of Panama City). I am not sure what it takes to be a taxi driver here in Bocas, but these dudes usually have big wads of cash from the "gringo" fares which are $2-3 a person for rides into town from our hotel (about 3 km or ~2 miles). Or you could find a spot on one of the many islands and get around by boat...which would be kinda cool. There are all kinds of Mini Supers (grocery stores) throughout town as well as several Farmacias to take care of most general needs. It seems to be more rainy on the Caribbean side of Panama, but generally has rained at night and most of our days have been awesome. On our last day here it is cloudy as I write to you today. Saturday was our last scheduled walk day so that BB's stuff that gets soaked with sweat could be washed and dried before we leave. NGG sent us way past Paki Point (spot with the smiling Buddha) to see if we could find a restaurant in the jungle that we 'd heard great things about; Arboloco. This took us along the sandy road right along the water; my favorite path to walk. We were getting to the point where I was thinking it may be time to turn around for home...so that I could make it back without needing a taxi, when we changed our minds. We had to cross the little creek that crossed the road at this point and then a short way before we turned off the road into the trees. We had to walk through a path of plants to get to the restaurant so we could see it. We met the owners, Stacey and Clem, who built the place and Clem who is from the Island of Dominica in the Caribbean, is the head chef. Really neat to hear their story and how their restaurant came to be. Before we left we got the WhatsApp number to make a reservation and headed for home. It didn't take us long after we got home to confirm our table for dinner that evening. We enjoyed this incredible Caribbean fried cauliflower in peanut sauce and spicy peppers and carrots (pictured above). Then shared a chef special featuring all the Caribbean style meats and seafood, with fried plantains and 3 exquisite dipping sauces...wow! This was a cool dining experience in the middle of the trees. We headed into town for a late lunch on Sunday before we headed over to the Toro Loco sports bar for the Super Bowl. When we arrived at the bar, our bartender, Rose, had saved us 2 seats at the bar so we had good seats to see the game! Couldn't have planned that any better even if I had planned it. Here's a little taste of the place... By the time the game got underway, there wasn't an empty seat or place to stand. We got into a couple of squares and I was hoping the Chiefs didn't hit that FG before halftime...had the numbers without that score for $125...darn. Kinda hard for me to root against the kicker. That was a lot of fun to watch the game there with a rowdy crowd. Interestingly, the bar could only have the audio on in English on one TV due to the service they used, with 3 more TVs showing the game as well. If the other TVs were used, the audio would be in Spanish. Unfortunately, the TV with the audio was way behind the feed of the other 3 TVs...so we saw the play, and then in about a minute the audio TV caught up to give us the play by play. Took a bit to get used but was just fine.
We are having a lazy Monday and as the sun is coming out we are thinking about making sure our tan lines are intact and heading to the pool. Hasta luego from the islands! Pura Vida!
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