Today I went shopping. Yay! It’s been awhile since I shopped for anything other than groceries (and that is positively no fun) so today was memorable! Candace, Robert, Melanie (3 of the 5 Smiths) and I started at Claro,...
Cooking Class
One night last week I had a bit of a meltdown (yes, again). I had made yet another very untasty dinner and my daily visits to the grocery store were stressful and overwhelming. We all know the meltdown wasn’t...
Panama Independence Day
It’s Panama’s independence day today, which kicks off a month of a bunch of holidays (6 I think I heard). Today was the celebration of independence from Columbia (independence from Spain comes later). We finally got to see what...
One word: SLOTHS
This is Haley. I have decided that I want to write a post here on Panama Pause and this topic is a great way to start. Let me first say that I wanted to write this in all caps...
Day Not Suave
It was not the smoothest of days yesterday. We managed to knock out two major decisions in a very short period of time (pretty much simultaneously) but it was rough. We now have a car (Honda CRV, black) and...
Halloween 2014
It’s been quiet on The Panama Pause for a few days. Partly due to the fact that our wifi went down for over 24 hours and partly due to our recovery from an exciting weekend in Bocas. When your...
Panic Attack in Panama
We are back in Boquete and it’s raining (of course). Between the rain and the thought of Spanish school tomorrow Dan is pretty depressed. But after the adventure we had today, Spanish school will be a welcome return to...
Another Day in Bocas
We are tired peeps tonight. Here’s our journey today, in pictures. Went to a deserted beach and a deserted island full of birds, called “Bird Island” or the official name is Swans’ Cay. It contains the only known nesting...
Sloth Sighting
LAZY MONKEY ALERT!! Allison has handed the daily reporting over to me, Dan, for tonight. She has an emergency staff meeting with her pillow. I’ll make an attempt to not offend anyone, but I can’t promise anything. And, no,...
Bocas del Toro, Panama
Today I was so far outside my comfort zone I don’t even remember what comfort looks like. Wow. We drove to Bocas today. Sounds very simple but nothing is ever simple here. I said a few days ago that...