And, true to form, it rained today.
We debarked for the thriving metropolis of David first thing. Off to buy furniture for the house. The big ones...sofa, dining room table, etc.
As luck would have it, we found what we wanted right off the bat. But, we couldn't believe our good fortune, so we kept shopping in a futile attempt to find something better and cheaper.
I don't know what it is about shopping, but I am completely exhausted after 30 minutes of walking around a store looking and looking and looking at shit. I can run for miles, hike for hours, but shopping does me in without even breaking a sweat.
An the other hand, Yella seems to get more energy as we shop. Clearly, not a good match.
So, back we go to the first place and buy a sofa and dining room table. Now we just have to figure out how to get it to our house. They can not deliver on a road like ours.
The traffic in David is brutal. In order to get out into a street, you have to push and bully your way out, almost nudging the bumper of the blocking car, and it is all in the spirit of Panamanian driving. No one gets pissed...well, except for me.
We eat at the Nacional Hotel which has a Sunday Morning style buffet that is great, for about $6 apiece with tip and drink. As we are eating, the sky opens up with a crash of thunder.
Wow, can it rain here. Impressive.
We drive back to Boquete to our house to drop off a couple of things and...
Get pissed!
Why? Nothing is being done. For most of the week.
And that's the way it goes here.
There is an automatic cultural force that arises in the face of progress and SHUTS IT DOWN.
Always. No sense getting excited. You will always be disappointed.
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