lion thing!
The little brown monkeys loved their stomaches to be pet and when one was being pet and the other was they would get jelous. And leap over!
White monkey also wanted the straw which he ended up getting.
The coolest little bird came to say hello!
Las Lajas
El Mundo Bar
The cool open air place we stayed at on the beach.
After leaving the Surf City of Santa Catalina we hoped a buss to Las Lajas which is also known for its surf. The waves were much smaller but I still had tons of fun body surfing. The town seemed great and I was glad to be able to just relax and do nothing. We stayed in Las Lajas for 3 days and 1 night which was definitely a little too short for such a great place.
The first place we stayed at had a resto/bar but we ate elsewhere. It definitely had the best beds ever though, not necessarily the structure though. After spending many of our meals at the El Mundo Bar we realized on the second floor they had beds, big ones in fact! We decided for $2 cheaper and for a small price of $8 total we could be sleeping in the huge open air pilapa that was right on the beach. At our first hostel I hear loud screeching noises and was like what the heck is that. I later looked outside and saw a mama puppy with 8 new puppies born that same day.
So we headed back to our other hostel to grab our bags and saw Rudey an ex islander who lives in Las Lajas. What perfect timing it was! We loaded our huge bags into his giant white truck which still had his California Licence plates. This was a lot better than caring our portable casas across the town. We had been in contact with him so we expected to see him at some point, but timing could not have been more perfect. Aaron and Rudy sat and enjoyed a few beers at $0.65 a piece while I enjoyed my huge 2 liter bottle of water at $2.50. Why is water more expensive than beer? Generally I go through about a gallon of water a day that’s how hot it is. Later we went to the Las Lajas resort to eat some lunch. I had a fish sandwich which was good. That evening I went for a 3 mile run along the HUGE shore which stretches about 5 miles. I honestly felt like I was a shower that’s how hot and sweaty my adventure was. Later that night I was on my laptop doing some home work and the power went out. The only light in the area was my lap top light. Within seconds tons of jungle bugs shot for my light. I thought I accidently ate one so I went to spit off the deck about 10 minutes later I realized there was people underneath, “oops” I think they came just before I spat in that area or It went over them and they didn’t notice.
The following morning we woke up around 7:30am to check If we got an email from Rudy. Rudy also had been heading to the city of David which had been our next stop. It had worked out perfectly. We drove about an hour and a half and got a personally narrated tour about the plantations and trees and different Panamanian stuff. It was so great to have met Rudy the ex islander from Catalina. Thanks Rudy!
Yes so we were in David In Hostel Bambu and it sure is was in David, about 102ish. The hostel is overall great. It also has a pool which has been nice. And we are sleeping in the dorms at $8 a night. Last night Tuesday April 6 I worked extra hard to finish my classes and inf act I did. So I am an official High School Graduate, and got a 4.0 for my Sr. Year. Freedom! David seemed like there was not to much going on and not all that exciting. We did go to the food marked which was so cool. I got a Pineapple 2 bananas and a thing of lattice at only $0.90 I even had to say Cuanto questa like 3 times because I thought it was just my poor Spanish but I guess I was correct.
The morning prior to leaving David we made Banana pancakes topped with fresh pineapple with a side of eggs and it was DAMN GOOD. At almost all of the hostels they give you the batter for pancakes which is nice. But its everywhere and you really con only have so many pancakes. The Panamanians love there pancakes like the Argentineans like their dulce de leche or cresants.
We then took a 1 hour cab ride to Boquete for $15 total which was not all that bad. We currently are staying at the Mamalina hostel for $11 which is a good deal for the amazing kitchen we get to use and big complexes. Today we have went to the animal refuge and got to play with the monkeys and view all sorts of rescued birds. It was really awesome. We met the lady who was in charge of the place who was Canadian and we made arrangements to maybe come and colenteer on our way back down into panama.
The monkeys were hilarious they will take anything they possibly can pull through their enclosure. If your hand was near the cage they would run up and grab your hands just so they can try and bite you. But they sure were cute! At one point I was taking a picture of them and they grabbed the camera string, but lackey I had a good grip on the camera.
Today April 9, 2010 we moved up the street to the Hostal Boquete and oh what a day! So we checked in droped off our stuff and we decided it would be a good idea to rent moped scooters. I thought it would be fun and would be an experience and boy was I right. I packed my back pack took only what I needed, water, camera ,cash, license. After trying to get used to the stupid thing for like 30 minutes driving it around the hostel parking lot I was doing just fine. We finally pulled out onto the street and I was surprisingly making progress. We started to drive up many hills which were fun, the turns were kind of scary but I managed to hang tight. The only thing I was doing wrong was trying to break and accidently hitting the gas, because the stupid thing are so close which can obviously create problems. After reaching about 900ft there were several turns. I tried to slow down for the sharp turn by pressing the right break and accidently made the speed thing go forward because they are so damn close. I then tried to lean into the turn and the bike fell to the floor and I slid for like 10 ft and got some gnarly road rash. The scariest part was I was only about 5 feet from falling off the cliff. What an adventure! Im still alive just sliced and bruised all over the place.
Tomorrow we are heading back to David and I may get an X-ray for the left wrist depending on how I feel. We then are going to head out to the lost and found lodge. The lost and found lodge is a hostel in the middle of the woods with tons of hikes, hot springs and other cool stuff to do not to mention its in the middle of the jungle.
Hostels are cheap.
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