The Panama canal was a site to see. Amazing how they used gravity to fill and release water from each locking point as the massive ships made their way through this small passageway. I met with half my family at the Las Vegas airport where we flew to Panama. We spent the day checking out old town, Cosco Viejo which had an old cathedral and some inhabited buildings dating back to the early 1800's. That evening we spent the night at an over priced hostel. Come to find out nothing is cheap in Panama aside from their flights. Go figure. We took a bus to the a nice hot, very hot black sandy beach about two hours outside of downtown. We could barely well a few feet without burning our feet so either they shade or the ocean were our only options. We took another mini bus, The ones that stop and puck people up every couple minutes up through the mountains to El Valle Where we rented a house for a few nights. This is where we met the rest of my family. This mountain city was beautiful and full of plant life. We kept busy while vacating here from animal sanctuaries to waterfalls to cleansing mud baths. For the next few days we totally left the grid by venturing through a 2 1/2 home nauseating car drive through the mountains to a river front where we caught a boat that waded through the river until we reached the ocean. Then it was straight sailing to an extremely remote island. Our rooms or should I say thatched roof huts had no more than a need frame with old sheets and a mattress in them. Our floor was all sand and we only had one light bulb that was only on from 7pm-10pm. We spent each day snorkeling and swimming on this beautiful beach. And when we weren't on the beach We were paying volleyball or send basketball against the family run daycare. I call it a daycare because they were always taking care of us. They even blew a Conch shell to signify all three meals for the day. After our fun stay we checked into a five star hotel where we had amazing amenities and breakfast buffets. Complete opposites from where we just came from. Now I'm excited to finally make it back home but also excited for many next adventure now knowing how spectacular exploring the world's has been
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