Panama

The past week has been crazy! Mel and I found Andreas, Gudrun (his girlfriend), Louie and Jasmine and then went to Panama and found Lane. Holy-jeez that is a lot of friends. We spent three nights in the Ngobe (natives of panama) village where Lane lives. He is officially the first of my friends to own a house outright, although the $400 price tag may have played a part. The seven of us spent time hiking, playing cards, telling tons of stories, and entertaining the Ngobes with our cameras at a Christmas dinner of pork stew. Highlights included, poisonous coral snakes, more scorpions, a mud slip-n-slide and lots of hammock time.

Andreas and Gudrun parted ways leaving the five of us on the Carribean beach of Bocas del Toro. Today we went kayak surfing and tomorrow we are going snorkeling. Life just does not get much better than this.

Happy new year to all! Go Beavs! And, check the MY PHOTOS link to the right for tons of pictures.