Country number 8!

We are back in Panama! Last week we visited Bocas del Toro, a town on an island called Isle de Colon, on the North Eastern coast, just below Costa Rica. It is the same spot where we spent New Years' 06-07. It was nice to revisit a place that was slightly familiar. Being on the road and seeing so many new things is really great, but it is a nice to change to have a little sense of knowledge of the place. I think I have forgotten that reassuring little aspect of familiarity! It was cool to go back there and remember that the white truck at the end of the road has a guy who makes the most delicious sandwiches in the town...We went several nights for dinner there, and told as many people we could about his yummy sandwiches- They all agreed. I think the sandwiches were still even the same price:)

I thought it would be boring to go back there, but we ended up staying for a week!! We had a blast and weren't bored at all. We went to the beach, we did a cool dive, and we even attempted more surfing (it didn't go so well this time, as we forgot the board wax and couldn't stay on the board because it was too slippery!). We stayed in a relatively new hostel, and we met some great people that we hung out with for the week. Bocas is a big party town, and it is extremely hot AND buggy. Not a fun combination. It was the strangest thing, we decided that around 7pm was the hottest time of the day...It was very weird, you felt ok, finally cooling off from the scorching daytime heat and then in the evening you started sweating all over again! So, the combination of staying up late, not sleeping due to the heat, and being eaten alive- Bocas kinda wiped us out...

Which leads us to where we are now. We are in the highlands, in a town called Boquete. There is supposed to be some good hikes and some hot springs here. For today, we are doing nothing...Relaxing and catching up on sleep, as well as enjoying the cooler mountain temperature! We are finally not sweating!!! And my bug bites are subsiding...