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- Jan 4, 2021, 11:57am
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 49 ft
- Panama Provincia de Chiriquí Punta Bejuco 8.169587, -82.161278°10’11” N 82°9’41” W
Day 13
Boquete
January 4, 2021 in Panama ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
We left Franks place after he fed us a lovely breakfast. A good man that Frank. Jay the boat taxi guy, met us at the dock and off we went to Boca Chica, where the car was. Another hot and muggy day in Panama. We offloaded the bags on the dock and I walked up to get the car. Drove down to pick up the bags with the air conditioner on. OMG air-conditioning. What an invention. It had been five days since I’d seen Caroline this happy. Don’t ask!!!!
We drove to ‘David which is another town on the coast. Stopped off and picked up some supplies for our next Airbnb adventure. Speed traps everywhere along the way. Just another form of taxation.
Got Boquete without much drama. Checked in to our digs. Very impressed with what we found. Stream by the digs, pond with koi. Big marijuana plants in the backyard. Haha. Less than five minute walk (at my pace) downhill into town. Back is not so much fun.
We are now 3000ft above sea level and the temperatures are so nice. High 70 during the day and low 60’s at night.
Lots of F**king birds. Almost needed a shovel to get the car going the first day here. Our car changed colors over night. From white to shite. Needless to say we changed parking spots.
To be continued. Good times. Be safe out there.Read more
Traveler Thank you so much for the update. Fun times!
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- Jan 9, 2021, 11:59am
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 3,678 ft
- Panama Provincia de Chiriquí Boquete 8.775505, -82.4384928°46’32” N 82°26’19” W
Day 18
Another!
January 9, 2021 in Panama ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
It’s Saturday. It’s overcast. The only sounds are the water flowing in the back yard, birds chirping and dogs barking. It’s another lockdown. Hooray!

Boquete is, so far my favorite place in Panama. Climate is awesome. 80 daytime 60 at night. https://www.google.com/search?q=boquete&ie=…
I hope the link works.

It is a little 3rd world. But that’s absolutely fine. One ofttimes runs out of paved road. That’s an adventure. The beef is not good. Reason to eat more fish! That’s good... Some bugs but not the angry little beasts we had in Boca Chica. Locals say hi. A plus. $15 cup of coffee. WHAT in Panama! Yes and it was hands down the best tasting coffee experience. Look it up Geisha Coffee. It fetches $600 a LB in Dubai.

Lockdown continues. And our picnic was fantastic. Picture..,Read more
Traveler Now that’s heaven! Everything I have read above
1/11/21Reply
Traveler About Boquete was positive. Is all the coffee that expensive or just the special stuff?
1/11/21Reply
Traveler Just the special stuff. $3.75 for a 3-cup French press this morning. A latte at the place with the Geisha coffee was $5 but it was deeeeelicious.
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- Jan 14, 2021, 2:56pm
- 🌧 68 °F
- Altitude: 3,625 ft
- Panama Provincia de Chiriquí Centro Jaramillo Río Palo Alto 8.777536, -82.4378748°46’39” N 82°26’16” W
Day 23
Extended Stay
January 14, 2021 in Panama ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
Its now the 14th. Wow we have been in Panama for 20 days plus. With all of the lockdowns in Panama Caroline and I have decided to stay up by the Volcano Baru in the town of Boquete. We did move out of the 40 foot ship container yesterday and into a three bedroom sparsely furnished apartment.
Here we have a third floor deck that looks out over a stream and on to a coffee plantation. That's the highlight of this unit. Caroline has setup her office on the deck and me on the kitchen counter.
Didn't feel like cooking last night so walked down to the bar at the neighboring hotel around 7:30. Damn place was closed. Curfew at 7PM. So we ordered pizza. They know what they are doing here when it comes to all things bread. Pizza was as good as I have had. Also went to farmers market on Tuesday mornings. Lots of great produce and then lots of the usual. Not done a whole lot during the week as we are both working. Then the last weekend was in lockdown. So looking forward to this weekend. Plan to do some driving around and also do hike to the lost waterfalls that we have been reading about. Till then stay safe and be good. That includes you Derick....Read more
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- Jan 22, 2021, 6:13pm
- ⛅ 82 °F
- Altitude: 26 ft
- Panama Provincia de Panamá San Felipe 8.95177, -79.5368968°57’6” N 79°32’13” W
Day 31
The bells chime
January 22, 2021 in Panama ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Lockdown requires that one listens to the world around us. Panama City, a city of over one million people is so peaceful. I hear the shallow waves crashing five hundred feet away.
A part of me wants to be out there walking around seeing other people, lapping up Panama City. But it’s only waves. It’s fantastic.
I think what we have been blessed with in this pandemic is a silence, a time to appreciate, a time to reflect.
I remind Caroline when my heart is in my mouth. (She’s driving) that life is a journey. I want to push the finish line out as far as I can. To continue to explore and embrace a different way of traveling.
Like when I was growing up, the church bells ring every hour on the hour.
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Boquete

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The bells chime