We had agendas for our two full days in Bocas del Tora. First day, we rented bicycles and headed to Star Beach. Everyone, I mean everyone said ohhhh, that road is long; it is rocky and it rolls up and down. I had read that while the road to Star Beach is challenging it could …
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Jungle House
What a trip!! What day is this? Checking the calendar it is December 1!! The past few days flew by so fast!!! I warn you . . . the best part of this and the next story will be the photos. We departed beautiful, froggy, serene little Boquete the morning of November 27 heading to …
The Lost Waterfalls Hike
Jill and Gary picked us up at ten o’clock on the dot. They are very prompt. They have a car rented for a month while they are living in David and are happy to pick us up and go with us to places they have seen before. They said we must absolutely positively do the …
Boquete, the town
This place! When we decided to visit Panama I am not sure what I expected. I knew the weather would be hot and steamy. I knew Panama City was an old, well-established city. I knew we would see rainforests and jungles. But, oh, Boquete. Picture a little village slung below the rims of a valley …
Boquete
Today is Thanksgiving. Stan and I are so very thankful. We give thanks for our girls, for each other, our greater family and friends. We are grateful for this vast and incredible world. We know we are blessed to be able to see just parts of it only a very few others get to or …
Trash?
My body is sore. As I understand the Pilates moves I did in my first lesson on Thursday, my legs should feel stretched and my core should feel tight. While I feel a little tightness in the core, my shoulders are SORE. I had a feeling this might be a problem. Even with many reminders …
Extraordinarily Ordinary
Our lives here are fairly ordinary. We do try to find interesting things to do each day even if it’s just getting out for a long walk, riding the metro or revisiting favorite spots for ceviche, raspado, a hike or even picking up wine and groceries. We like exploring shops and regularly find new interesting …
Miraflores
I’m seventy-four years old and took to my first Pilates class ever yesterday. Do you practice Pilates??? I think it will do me good. I’m pretty strong for a little old lady but my core sure could use some work. Among other Pilates’ benefits the core can be vastly strengthened. A strong core aligns the …
Excited!
I am excited, so excited! We have booked a flight to David in Western Panama, the Province of Chiriqui near the border of Costa Rica. The area has the second largest community of American expats in Panama. We’ll spend three days exploring the towns of David and nearby Boquete. Afterwards we will drive the 3.5 …
Estamos muy afortunados!
We wanted to hike the Parque Nacional Municipalitano again today. It was going to this unique rainforest park a few weeks ago when we met Jill and Gary at the bus station at Albrook waiting to board the same bus to the park. Not only were we happy to meet another English-speaking couple but were …