Sunday, March 31: HAPPY EASTER! We are now sitting by the tiny pool at Hostel Michelle in Panama City at 8:30 in the evening. We enjoyed another leisurely morning with coffee at the bird feeders and saw a blue-crowned Motmot, their most exotic visitor. By the time we packed and checked out, Bruschetta's was no longer serving breakfast so we went to the same place as yesterday.
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| Outside Kris & Heidi's Cabana |
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| Easter Breakfast in El Valle de Anton |
After a short visit to a small zoo to see the highly endangered Golden Frog, we continued on to a hotel whose grounds include an 800 meter hike up the mountainside to see rare square (trunked) trees that grow only in the rainforests of Panama and Costa Rico. True to its name, we were rained on much of the way but it was warm enough to feel good. By the time we circled our way back, the rain had stopped. I saw a toucan again and we came across several lines of leaf cutter ants diligently making their way across the jungle floor. Then we had to leave this lush valley and join the heavy lines of traffic returning from Easter Holidays. After crawling for several miles the Panama Police Force was out in large numbers to open another eastbound lane on the westbound side and speeds picked up considerably. We found the Hostel Michelle where Ivonne greeted us and urged us to make ourselves at home. We will stay here tonight and then return here for Wednesday through Friday nights so she encouraged us to take a taxi to the airport tomorrow at 5:00am to fly to the San Blas Islands. Leaving the car with our extra stuff behind her locked gates will solve several problems for us. We walked to the nearby Waikiki Grill for Hawaiian-Panamanian food for dinner (only our second meal of the day!) and then repacked for our two day adventure to Dad-Ibe Lodge.
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| A Golden Frog |
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| Walking across the river |
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| A Square Tree |
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| Peggy & Marv standing in the Square Tree Grove |
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| Leaf Cutter Ants |
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