Monday, August 14th
I don´t know if it was muy singing to eighties love songs during yesterday´s long drive or the fact that he was ashamed of his stinky tennis shoes but Greg decided to call it quits today. We had a great night sleep at our new home in Panama and were woken up by Doña Irma because otherwise we would have over slept and Greg would have missed his flight. In any case, we got up and we all went to buy some hammock that Greg wanted to buy before leaving.
We did just that and unfortunately traffic was horrible! It was about 11AM and we were still stuck in traffic. Greg´s flight was at 1:20PM. Doña Irma decided to take a cab with Chloe back home because otherwise we would be late for the airport and she would be late for Andrea to come back from Kinder. We reluctantly agreed to let her do this but time was running out.
Rosinante was going as fast as he could and we made it to the airport shortly after. We said good bye to our brave soldier, the second of a long lineage of adventurers, those that are not made anymore.. In any case, we cried a little and wished him the best. Last we heard is that he arrived safely into Miami but will have to wait until the next day for his flight to Seattle.
Alexey and I decided to dedicate the day to do house keeping and logistics. Traveling for so long has taken a toll on our personal hygene as well as our equipment and internet communications. We went for an internet cafe because the computer in our room has a monitor that only allows us to see a third of the screen. Alexey tried to fix it without luck. We almost broke the computer trying to fix it but we are all engineers and managed to pull through ;) We did about 3 hours of catching up on personal matters over internet and phone. Then we went home and hanged out with the family. Julissa´s sisters, Joyce and Jana Karla were so nice as to take us out to dinner. We went to this ex-US compound now turned shopping center is a peninsula formed by three islands very close to the city. The dinner was great and right by the water. They wanted to pay but Alexey went to pay the bill while I held Joyce in place. We are the guests here! They are really cool and very kind.
We went for ice cream afterwards and then went home through the scenic route. We saw a Chiva Pachanguera by the boardwalk and tons of gringos dancing around it. At arrival we said good night and decided to catch up on our sleep.. once again. Tomorrow we will try to figure out the options that we have to either cross our horse into Colombia, send it back to the US, sell it here, or dispose of it in a somewhat humane manner. We have a meeting tomorrow with a shipping company that Don Gregorio has arranged. Wish us luck!
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