Drago

Last night in Panama! I've had so much fun here and I'll be really sad to leave... hopefully I'll be able to come back soon.

I spent most of Friday afternoon walking around and looking for Jeannette, but still haven't found her. I finally gave up around 8 and went around to all of the various parties that were going on, but since there were so many, nobody ever ended up in the same place and it was hard to find anyone. It was a pretty uneventful night.

Yesterday was very relaxing, I got a couple books at the used book store I found nearby and spent most of the day reading. Around dinner time I headed over to the Natural Mystic Cafe, which is probably my favorite place to eat here, and ran into Jason, one of the guys I see around town a lot. We met three guys in the Coast Guard whose ship had stopped here for a couple days (if y'all are reading this.... Ready? Okay!!) and hung out there for a while, then took a boat to Aqua Lounge, a hostel / bar / dance club on a nearby island. They had a techno party going on, and it was all fun and games until one of the Coast Guard guys decided to get funny and throw me into the ocean. I didn't last too much longer in my wet clothes and headed back to the Gran Kahuna, only to find that the battery on the fire alarm was low and it was beeping so loudly that no one could sleep. The fire alarm box was locked and we couldn't turn it off. By the time I finally fell asleep it was very late and I managed to sleep until after noon today.

After I woke up, I headed over to one of the local beaches with Jason for the afternoon. Then, we went to a restaurant for dinner that gave away a free kayak rental with every $10 spent, so we kayaked around the island until it got dark. We came back to the Natural Mystic again, but it was too hot and they were out of almost everything so I came back to the hostel.

I have to get up early tomorrow to catch the bus to San Jose, so I'd better be getting to bed...