San Blass Organize!! Up early again today and the hostel was already full of newcomers by 6am. Luckily I have a CS host for tonight as there are certainly no beds left in the hostel with the masses of people flocking to Panama City. I met this really nice family from Granada (English Migrants) and spent most of the morning chatting with them and they kindly invited me to join them for breakfast and cooked me a delicious omelette, sausages and fresh pineapple. Aro...

Panama Explore!! After less then 2 hours sleep I was up early excited to see the city but feeling a little worse for where after a long night out and a bottle of the local Panama Rum. By 7:30am I was pumped up on coffee and ready for my hike up Ancud Hill. The first part of the walk was through the old city and this in itself was quite interesting and as its a Sunday morning there were already lots of people out in the streets. Everywhere I looked there were amaz...

Central America Here We Go!! After literally no sleep I was up at 3:30am doing my exercises and counting down the minutes until my flight. At around 6:30am I enjoyed my last full breakfast with the beautiful Gomez family - making sure to burn this image, memory in my mind for safe keeping. After saying goodbye to Lizeths Mum we exchanged a few little gifts: I received the most thoughtful of gifts; an emergency blanket (as I am always cold), some Arequipe snacks f...

Feeling Better! After 3 days my flu has cleared and I am back to my old self with some energy to spend. As Lizeth has the day off today we had planned to spend the morning at the house with the family and then go to the city in the afternoon. Breakfast today was another delight for the senses with Colombian hot chocolate, eggs and fresh juice. Along with Lizeths sister Monica we visited the mall and grabbed a few things at the supermarket (I also took the opportu...

Learning to Make Ajiaco!! Today I am starting to get over my cold thankfully and I am sure the main reason for this is all the love, food and comfort my wonderful host family has been giving me. I woke this morning to hot chocolate, eggs, arepa and fresh orange juice - something I could certainly get used to. I had to change some money and I wanted to print a nice photo of the family and I at the Salt Cathedral; so I headed to the huge mall just down the road. I ...