Me voy a Panama a sabado! I'm very excited. Jessica and I are booked into an actual resort...no Nicaraguan craziness this holiday! I'm sure there will be excitement and adventure, as our travel plans stop at the border with the bus we have tickets for. After crossing the bridge on foot, we hope to catch one of the rumoured busses to Changuinola, then a water taxi to Bocas del Toro. Cross your fingers this will all be as easy as everyone makes it sound. We might even be able to get the taxi right to our hotel. We'll see. I've been excited all day, ok, since we booked the hotel yesterday. Sleep was somewhat elusive. Tonight may be tougher.
You see, Cassie left this afternoon for her spa weekend with the Zuniga-Owens family. They have two kids, three cats and a dog. It's a built-in exercise program for Cassie! I miss her; I keep expecting her to come around the corner, stalking me. She's in wonderful hands; this is the same family who cat-sat for me when I was home this summer. Sometimes I think, no, I know I bore her. Such is life!
Speaking of summer, it's winter here. The rainy season and the inherent hurricane weather is very much upon us, though the promise is that it will clear up by tomorrow. It's amazing to me that a country located in this part of the world, with the reputation that Costa Rica has, doesn't have the infrastructure to maintain it's roadways and such when it rains like this. I mean, it does this EVERY YEAR... I recognize that the country's GDP is lower than the province of Saskatchewan's, but still. If I can predict some of these things already, maybe it's time to really examine the corruption and shoddy work going on. I'm not a construction worker, but even I know cement isn't supposed to virtually dissolve. Just sayin'.
All right, time to pack and do a final load of laundry. I'll just pray that tomorrow is dryer, and that the clothes will dry...pray!
Oh, here's the link to the resort...eeeee! www.hotelplayatortuga.com
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