Paradise found!

We drove over to Almirante to catch a water taxi to Bocas del Toro to meet up with our son Daniel and friends.  Bocas is on an island in the Carribean over the continental divide from Boquete.

This is a 3 hour drive but, of course, this is Panama.  We get stopped on top of the continental divide because the rains the previous night caused a slope failure and dumped tons of rock and soil over the road.  They were dozing dirt off the road to create a temporary lane so traffic could move.  About a 30 minute delay...not bad really.

When we entered Almirante, normally there are all kinds of people waving you over for parking and other sundry saleable things.  We sailed right through because we have a "Panamanian" car and they didn't recognize us.  We ended up on the dock and had to back pedal to find parking for the water taxi.

All else when smooth and we arrived in Bocas in the early afternoon.

Ahhh....Bocas.  This is a wonderful town if you like Carribean culture, young pack packers, boats  (because you go everywhere in boats, not cars), palm trees, snorkeling and beaches.

My kind of place.

Surprisingly, the temperature varied from cool to hot and muggy.  I didn't think Bocas could get cool but the evenings with a breeze are wonderful and cool.

This is beach and water country.  Many buildings area constructed out over the water so you sit and eat or drink out over the ocean.  A very pleasant way to spend time.  Boats are buzzing in the background continuously.  

The pictures above are a small sampling of images from Bocas.  I tried to capture the feel of the place with the pics.  The tree with thin, vertical roots  is a Walking Tree.  It is capable of moving several inches a year. There is much exotic plant, fish and wildlife in Bocas.

We left Bocas on a water taxi to Almirante and, lo and behold, our car was still there.  We had an uneventful, translate good, trip home to Boquete.

More contractor stuff...

I called our builder last Friday and asked him if he scheduled the electrician to complete the electrical.  He responded, "What a good questions.  I forgot."  You may recall how critical this is to getting our house completed and the jerk forgets.

Will this never end!  We are now into the arena of incompetence on top of the Panamanian culture.  I am very frustrated.

When the tough get going, the tough go to Bocas.