While here it has shown us a different way of life. In the past few months we had already shifted our way of thinking… getting away from the commercial aspect of buy buy buy… and instead simplifying our life and getting rid of things we do not need. It’s too easy in America to be a property/asset greedy person, when in fact to have a quality life, you really do not need all those THINGS. Now coming here has brought that idea even closer to home. People here only buy things when they need them, not just because they want them. They tend to only want things they really need, and most times they just make do with what they have. Most Panamanians live on $10 a day income and have a decent quality of life! Quite different to what we come to expect in the U.S.

Another thing I noticed the other day… there was a power outage in the entire town for about 20 hours. I sat here going through technology withdrawals! I was bored! Isn’t it funny that as kids we used to go out and play for hours with nothing, that if the power went out it wouldn’t have affected us at all! But now we have gotten so used to having all the gizmos and gadgets that we don’t know what to do with ourselves when we can’t use them! After sitting here being bored for an hour, I decided to do something about it. We lit the kerosene hurricane lamps and sat at the table playing dominos by the lamp light. We also read books! Yes, books… in case you don’t remember what those are… they are tons of pages bound together and filled with words! Many of you probably haven’t read a book in quite a while… so many people read online or only read magazines. It was quite nice to sit there for a couple hours and relax and read! (I say all this tongue in cheek because I do love to read) So what was the last book that you read? I am in the middle of a strange but good mystery/thriller John Connolly The Killing Kind.

Next time I write I will be back in sweltering Phoenix… ready for all the summer pool parties in the hot weather!

Faith xoxo

The next day we spent about 7 hours in the car driving to the Panama Canal, a beach side town for lunch, and then on to David for the night. The heat was sweltering here as well and our friend only had air conditioning in the main bedroom, which I tried to spend as much time in as possible LOL. We went out for the evening to the local dance club to watch the local sensation Saundra and Sammy and we learned how potent the local pure grain alcohol Seco is. At only $4.50 a litre, I can see why it’s as popular as it is. And so far it is my favorite LOL I have already bought a bottle to bring home with me

We arrived in Boquete, Panama today (Saturday) and am currently sitting high up in the mountains, with sporadic rain showers and a lifting fog cloud that is slowly enveloping us. It is very peaceful and super relaxing here! We have one more night of partying ahead of us as we have been told that we have four bars/dance clubs that we are going to tonight. Since most Panamanians work 6 days a week, Saturday night is their biggest party night of the week! So off to a nap in a few… and if my hangover isn’t too bad tomorrow, I will try to check back in with you LOL

Here’s a few pics from our trip so far…

Faith xoxo