I am emailing from Isla Colon, Bocas del Torro town, Panama. Its been raining since we left Costa Rica, off and on all day long and all night long. Being in the camper has not been all that much fun what with the humidity, inability to be dry and lots and lots of rain, but little or no waves. John not getting what he wants, and we are all tired of rain. Tomorrow, we will take the ferry back to the mainland and go over to explore the Pacific side. We think that since there is no "dry" season on the Caribbean side, but there is on the Pacific side, we should be a bit happier and drier.
The island is pretty cool with its mixed people from latin america and the caribbean island peoples, everyone who lives here speaks both Spanish and English (or patois). With so much rain, should it surprise anyone that everything is so green here? Lots of cool frogs, (including the one named after the noise it makes, the tink frog!), monkeys in the trees just cruising around. The roads are just one big mud pit, so walking on them is almost impossible in flip flops, since they just suck off into the mud. Lots of grey sky, and lots of humidity. When the sun does come out, hello! it is fierce!
We met a cool family, Jed and Ruth, with Jayden, Cora and little Adia. They are buying some land on another one of the nearby islands. Thanks to them, we are showered and have the laundry done, but we are still not totally into all this rain. Since they are from Northern Calif. they don't mind the rain and love that they are here until April. Thank goodness they are as kind as they are! We are baja rats at heart and are totally missing the desert clime....sigh. Hopefully, Jed and Ruth get what they want, and when we return back to where we will get what we want. Waves, anyone??
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