Panama
Happy New Year!
We celebrated the turning of the calendar in style with another awesome homemade meal (Chicken parmesan sort of...) and a small speedo fashion show. Following that, we hit up the town for a few hours of debauchery out on the strip and in the main bar. Tons of people there, didn´t seem to be any trouble, so all in all it seems like the whole town, including us, had an awesome time. The following day of recovery took on a much more somber mood as it was also the day that Dev, Dani and Michelle left. Quite sad to see them go, but the fact that they were able to come down was awesome and I thank them all for making the effort! The guys then moved into the place and much of the day was spent watching James Bond movies and feeling sorry for myself. We were up and at it early the next morning and on a bus bound for San Jose. Thank god there were no seats available, or else I might have actually gotten one, instead I had the pleasure of standing for the majority of the 5 hour bus ride, while periodically dozying off due to the gravol I had popped previously and falling onto the lap of the old man beside me. Arrived at San Jose by about 12:30, found a hostel, did some chores around town and then introduced Jas and Ry to one of the old hangouts that I had frequented during my short stay there a year ago. Once again we were up early this morning, and grabbed a morning bus to David, Panama. Would have liked to get one right to Panama City, but they were all sold out, so we decided to find our own way there. The Panama border was a bit of a nightmare with little kids and frantic police telling us to go to different booths. Apparently we weren´t the only ones confused, as a french couple were escorted off the bus and sent back to the border after we finally got on our way due to a problem with their documentation. The roads in Panama are exponentially better than the sad excuse for Costa Rican roads. For the first time, what people refer to as the Pan-American Highway, actually looks like a proper highway. We're currently stranded in the David bus terminal with nothing to do for the next 6 hours except twiddle our thumbs and watch everyone´s favourite Latin soap operas. It´s dark and rainy outside, so walking around really feels like being back home, minus the 30 degree breeze blowing in my face. The bus for Panama City leaves at midnight and we should arrive at about 6am tomorrow...which will hopefully bring a close to this long day of sitting on buses and eating greasy bus food. Once in Panama we hope to check out one of the Canal locks then find out how we´re going to get to South America! Adios!
We celebrated the turning of the calendar in style with another awesome homemade meal (Chicken parmesan sort of...) and a small speedo fashion show. Following that, we hit up the town for a few hours of debauchery out on the strip and in the main bar. Tons of people there, didn´t seem to be any trouble, so all in all it seems like the whole town, including us, had an awesome time. The following day of recovery took on a much more somber mood as it was also the day that Dev, Dani and Michelle left. Quite sad to see them go, but the fact that they were able to come down was awesome and I thank them all for making the effort! The guys then moved into the place and much of the day was spent watching James Bond movies and feeling sorry for myself. We were up and at it early the next morning and on a bus bound for San Jose. Thank god there were no seats available, or else I might have actually gotten one, instead I had the pleasure of standing for the majority of the 5 hour bus ride, while periodically dozying off due to the gravol I had popped previously and falling onto the lap of the old man beside me. Arrived at San Jose by about 12:30, found a hostel, did some chores around town and then introduced Jas and Ry to one of the old hangouts that I had frequented during my short stay there a year ago. Once again we were up early this morning, and grabbed a morning bus to David, Panama. Would have liked to get one right to Panama City, but they were all sold out, so we decided to find our own way there. The Panama border was a bit of a nightmare with little kids and frantic police telling us to go to different booths. Apparently we weren´t the only ones confused, as a french couple were escorted off the bus and sent back to the border after we finally got on our way due to a problem with their documentation. The roads in Panama are exponentially better than the sad excuse for Costa Rican roads. For the first time, what people refer to as the Pan-American Highway, actually looks like a proper highway. We're currently stranded in the David bus terminal with nothing to do for the next 6 hours except twiddle our thumbs and watch everyone´s favourite Latin soap operas. It´s dark and rainy outside, so walking around really feels like being back home, minus the 30 degree breeze blowing in my face. The bus for Panama City leaves at midnight and we should arrive at about 6am tomorrow...which will hopefully bring a close to this long day of sitting on buses and eating greasy bus food. Once in Panama we hope to check out one of the Canal locks then find out how we´re going to get to South America! Adios!
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