Blogs from Cerro Punta, Chiriquí, Panama, Central America Caribbean

28. Dezember. 2016 Booze Cruise Day Nach einem leckeren Frühstück im leo's clan ging es zu unserem Party Boot. Bis zum späten Nachmittag fuhren wir in der Bucht von Potosi in einem Boot wo wir unlimitiert gratis Caipirinhas bekamen. Drei Stops zum schwimmen, Lunch Stop und eine einzigartige Landschaft erwarteten uns. Nach diesem Bootstrip ging es noch zum Strand ein bisschen chillen bevor wir uns leicht angeheitert in die Stadt zum Abendessen begaben. 29. Dezember. 2016 Chilltag Ausschlafen war angesagt! Am Tagesprogramm stand den Strand genießen und bummeln gehen. Ein sehr relaxter Tag. Bevor wir unsere letzte Fahrt in Tortuga (der Name unseres Dragoman Trucks) antraten. 30. Dezember.2016 Letzter Tag in Tortuga Um halb 9 hieß es zum letzten mal "Bag locker". Wir verstauten unser Gepäck und los ging die lange Fahrt nach Rio de ... read more

Hello my lovely blog-watchers! Time for another update! Let's see, last I left off I was headed to Culebra a second time... I went with Erick, his wife, his son, and two nephews again. Let me tell you, having kids there makes finding frogs just about a bajillion times easier. They easily caught over half of the 29 frogs that I collected on that trip! I had a good time and almost enjoyed the hike there and back. I managed to keep a faster pace than last time! I kept telling myself to "channel my inner Dr. Lindquist" because for some reason that man has ridiculous endurance. Anyway, I of course have to have a bug story. I can't go anywhere without some sort of story related to a creepy-crawly, can I? So, the first night, ... read more

Hola everybody! Sorry it's been so long! I guess I'll start where I left off... Christmas eve: I celebrated Christmas Eve at Los Quetzales where I met an awesome couple named Emily and John (59 and 62 years old respectively) who bought my supper for me. While we were eating, we invited another guy over to our table who was a biology professor, and was going to be starting a tropical ecology class the next weekend (and also had a sweet British accent). We laughed and had a great time, and by the end of the night Emily and John had pretty much adopted me and insisted that I bring my family to meet them when they came to Cerro Punta. Christmas Day-Jan 29th: I was at the beach with my family!!! We traveled around some ... read more

Sorry that I haven't written for a while. It became monotonous just telling you everything I did every single day. Plus, if I space them out, you'll appreciate them more, right? Anyway, I'll pick and choose interesting days to tell you about. Two days ago I went to the city of David to do some Christmas shopping for "secret friend" for the Finca Dracula Christmas party. Of course, I would draw the name of the 60-something year old who lives behind me who I've only talked to once. What the heck am I supposed to get an older (notice, grandparents, that I said "older", not "old") Panamanian woman?! It would be hard enough to shop to for one of the girls my age! We got a ride to David, which was nice because I was expecting ... read more

Yesterday I studied a lot of Spanish and did a lot of laundry. I was pretty much out of clothes. I wore my last shirt and only wore one sock. I know I brought an even number of socks with me, so apparently I lost one somewhere along the way. See, I have this dilemma: do I do laundry more often and deal with what a big pain in the butt it is, while always having clothes to wear, or wait until the last possible second and frantically try to dry my clothes in front of the fire so that I can wear them the next day? I choose option two, apparently. I took my laundry over to Adolfo and Maria's house and ran it through the washing machine. While I waited for it to finish, ... read more