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Having breakfast after we arrived to Panama city.
Waiting for dinner that afternoon. We spent 2 days in a Panama city hotel before getting on another plane to Isla Colon.
Waiting for dinner that afternoon. We spent 2 days in a Panama city hotel before getting on another plane to Isla Colon.
Street vendors on Panama city.
Street vendors on Panama city.
On our plane to Isla Colon.
We decided to stay in a hotel in Bocas del Toro that night, since Roger was taking a long time to pick us up.
Street view of Bocas del Toro.
Colorful bus on the streets of Bocas.
Since Bocas is a small island we walk everywhere; we passed by a house with some baby ducks and Zia wanted to take a closer look.
People of Bocas.
People of Bocas.
People of Bocas.
Finally at our home in Isla Popa; a view of our living room.
View from our balcony.
The girls resting in their room.
We still don't have any closets, so we have to organize our clothes on our livimg room wall shelfs.
Zia trying out our snorkel equipment.
With our friend Hilario going to visit his tribe, The Naves.
A Nave girl we saw washing clothes on our hike to a waterfall in the Nave land.
A Nave girl we saw washing clothes on our hike to a waterfall in the Nave land.
Nave girl and her brother washing clothes at the river.
We arrived at the waterfall after a 40 minute hike.
Enjoying the waterfall.
Nave girls we met on our way back from the waterfall.
Nave families live in wood houses on stilts.
Wild flowers on the Nave land.
A convenience store on the Nave land.
A Nave family.
A Nave family.
Naima canooing in front of our home on a
Cayuco
that our friend Hilario gave to her.
Naima canooing in front of our home on a
Cayuco
that our friend Hilario gave to her.
Roger sitting on our kitchen, distilling moonshine.
Naima and I watching a show on Netflix while Roger was distilling.
Roger sitting on our kitchen, distilling moonshine.
Our afternoons in the island consists of a lot of resting on our hammocks.
New year's eve 2021. We celebrated in our island home.
First days of 2022 we decided to go visit the mountains and go to Boquete. Here on our way to Bocas to get on another boat to start our trip.
We took Zia to a playground in Bocas while waiting for our boat to depart.
At our friend's Mikael and Monika's still waiting for our boat to depart
Zia and Papi, waiting for our boat to depart.
Finally onboard our boat. We had to get on a boat to the province of Chiriqui, then a bus to the city of David, where we rented a car and drove to Boquete.
We arrived to the city of David that night and stayed in a hostel our friend Monika recommended.
The next day, finally at the mountains of Boquete after a long trip. We stopped to drink some coffee at a coffee farm.
The next day, finally at the mountains of Boquete after a long trip. We stopped to drink some coffee at a coffee farm.
The next day, finally at the mountains of Boquete after a long trip. We stopped to drink some coffee at a coffee farm.
The next day, finally at the mountains of Boquete after a long trip. We stopped to drink some coffee at a coffee farm.
We also bought some strawberries that were just picked on that same farm.
Roger also wanted to go to a nearby hot spring.
Roger also wanted to go to a nearby hot spring.
Portrait of Zia on our walk to the hot springs.
Portrait of Zia.
Papi and Zia enjoying the hot springs.
Self portrait at the hot springs.
Papi and Zia enjoying the hot springs.
Papi and Zia enjoying the hot springs.
There was also a rocky cold river right by the hot springs.
Another place we visited was Cerro Punta, known for it agriculture, paso fino horses, and agro-tourism.
Playground at our hotel in Cerro Punta.
Dining room at our hotel in Cerro Punta.
Wild succulents and flowers near our hotel in Cerro Punta.
Hiking in Cerro Punta.
We found many trees of Tomate de Arbol, one of my favorite fruits, on our hike.
Hiking in Cerro Punta.
Zia playing with a flower.
Zia and Naima playing with a flower.
Zia and Naima playing with a flower.
We also visited a farm were they raise and train Paso Fino horses in Cerro Punta. Naima and Zia had a chance to jump on this horse for a picture.
Naima loves horses.
Naima and Zia love horses.
Back at our home in Isla Popa, some conures build a home on a tree.
Self-portrait on one of last days in our house in Panama before going back to Florida.
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