Turn Around...

Today is the halfway point. Who knows about actual number of days we will end up traveling, but today we left the furthest point away from home we will roam, on this trip.

That point was Isla Robinson and the surrounding islands, Comarca de Kuna Yala, Panama.

We arrived at the island the morning of the 15th and left this morning.


Dave enjoys a snorkel. This is the actual furthest point, about 30 minutes boat ride west from Isla Robinson.

On the boat ride to snorkel.

There is an entire lagoon full of starfish. It was like the tactile pool at an aquarium, only better.

After arriving back in Panama City we went to where we had left our car, on the street by the tourist police station where a guy promised to wash it and watch it. Sherry was still there and she was lookin' good.

Then we enjoyed much needed showers (no running water on the island), and I changed into the last clean clothes I had. That's right, it has been so long since we did laundry that I had one shirt, one pair of underwear, and my jeans. Everything else had be worn and reworn so many times I had to go to the laundry. Luckily there is a laundromat around the corner from the hospedaje we are staying at, and for 2.50 I washed two very large loads. No, not all mine, Dave was essentially out of clean clothes too, but he has more clothes than I do and lower standards. I had great time hanging out and doing laundry. I talked to 5 different people. It's no secret that I love chatting it up, but it is even more fun in Spanish in a laundrymat with the average joe of Panama city! Dave took a nap and missed out big time.

We enjoyed a great dinner at Ego, a restraunt here in the Casco Viejo neighborhood. We sat outside and I savoured homemade ravioli filled with a version of panamanian stewed chicken and served in a creamsauce of nuts, spice, and sage. Dave had gnocchi gorgonzola. Both were perfect.

In case anyone was wondering, today was the 80th day Dave and I have been traveling together. Dave entered Mexico about January 6. I flew into Guatemala January 9. We met in Xela January 28.

Tomorrow we'll visit the Miraflora locks then head up CA1 to see more of Panama.

More informative posting on Islas Robinson, and postings on Panama City and Bocas del Toro very very soon.