Back in Panama city
Day 314 Thu 14/7
Left the island at 08:30. I wanted to stay a night more, but it rained most of the night and was still raining when I woke up! Off the island at 08:30, taxi to the city at 09:30 and at my hostel at noon. Shower, chat with folks and off to lunch with Steffi, Maru and Barnaby, an Argentine-English couple who had been travelling aroudn Central America for a while.
We had lunch, again at Marisa’s, and walked to casco viejo. After a little bit of exploring, we caved into the heat and popped into an ice-cream shop. Nicest ice-cream I have had since I left Buenos Aires. Then off to the terminal to enquire about buses to Boquete. The others had to buy a tent/ cover for a bag etc and we ended up in the mall across the street. It, I think, is surely the biggest mall I have ever seen. We seemed to walk for ages and found ourselves lost a couple of times!
Back to spend a quiet night at the hostel. I did the polite thing and offered my bed to someone who arrived really late at night. The hostel didnt fancy asking a girl to walk around town at that time and as I, quite surprisingly, was the only person awake, offered me a sofa for free. Who is to argue with free lodging?
Day 315 Fri 15/7
The bus to Boquete wasnt to leave till midnight and so had the whole day to do more wandering. Spent the day doing a spot of walking, packing, getting tickets for the night bus to Boquete, eating more ice-cream and watching Harry Potter’s latest. Stopped by Marisa’s for lunch and goodbyes.
Tags: Travel
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