David/Boquete

OK, I've done it yet again – not kept up with my blogging and so now have to write at least ten entries all at once. All I really remember of my time in the highlands of Panama was rain. It rained when we were on the incredibly cramped bus from Panama to David City – it rained when we arrived in Boquete and pretty much rained every day from 11am to dawn. We stayed in a lovely guesthouse just out of town, owned by an American who married a lovely Panamanian woman. The guesthouse was an extremely comfortable place to be for a few days of wet weather, in that we were very fortunate.

We did our first zip lining experience here – which was very good fun. We met a lovely Californian couple on their honeymoon and enjoyed bumping into them in Boquete and again in Bocas del Torro. One morning, it was raining very lightly so we walked up into the cloud forrest. We didn't see any wildlife to note, but it was great being in the great outdoors for a bit. After getting our feet completely soaked crossing our third huge puddle/impromptu creek, I gave up trying to avoid them and enjoyed (with childlike enthusiasm) walking directly through every subsequent puddle/creek we came across.