The trip.to the Caribbean side of Panama was good. I made an interesting observation though.

As a rule, the Atlantic is to the east of the Americas, (North America, Central America and South America), and the Pacific to the west.

In Panama however the Atlantic (Caribbean) is to the north with the Pacific being to the South. So, this morning, we were headed to Colon, on the Caribbean (or Easterly, by common knowledge and instinct). But, oddly, the sun was behind us, because the sun is almost overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn this time of year. The human brain tells us that when the sun is behind us in the morning, we are heading west. West being towards the Pacific. The opposite direction that we were going. It was an odd thing for the brain to grasp. The sensation of going west, away from the sunrise, was a very odd sensation indeed! I knew we were heading east, but it wasn’t really East because it was North, and it wasn’t really North because the rising Sun was behind me!

Do ya see what I’m saying? Really bizarre.

The Caribbean was nice, there are huge trees on the beaches, which you will not find in the Cayman Islands. There’s many small beaches, isolated and remote. Very nice. I had lobster for lunch.

On another note, humor, day before yesterday, when we went to the lake, I was with the family from France. They spoke French. Yesterday, I was with a rather large group that was the flight crew from Air France who was on layover in Panama. They all were speaking French too. Also the owner of this hotel and his wife, plus the tour guide operator, are all from France and all prefer to speak French.

Does anybody in Panama speak Spanish?

Have a great day!

At the top of the Panama Canal is Gamboa Lake. The ships go up the locks, cross the lake, and then go down the lock on the other side Yesterday I did a tour of Gamboa Lake.

Today, I’m going to the Caribbean side of Panama.

Have a great day!

I know everyone’s thinking it, but nobody’s saying it… “You’re at The Monkey Lodge, where’s the monkeys?”

Well, here they are. There’s 5 total here, all rescues. I haven’t seen all 5 yet.

I never realized till now, monkeys don’t have thumbs on their hands, only on their feet!

Have a wonderful day!

Yesterday I visited the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal. There was only one small ship going through, in fact, it had passed by the time I got there. But I did see a lock fill, very rapidly and the whole thing was very very cool.

There was also.an Imax movie.

Today I’m checking out the lake at the top of the canal.

Have a great day!

Yesterday I went to Old Panama City and the Panama Canal Museum.(The museum is in Old Panama)

And a few Old Towns

I’m off today to see the canal itself.

Have a great day!

In this book, people can get their shadows modified, like maybe have a kings crown on your shadow or butterfly wings. Kinda like getting a tattoo or a piercing maybe.

But there’s more. Some shadows can be grown and detached and live on past the lives of their owners. Your shadow likes to drink you blood, if you feed it. Your shadow may be able to go through a keyhole, solidify on the other side and open the door for you.
Or kill someone. Or be stolen.

Magic.

Interesting read, and entertaining, pretty good plot, well defined characters. But still not recommended by me .

I made it yesterday with no problems. This place is really nice. It reminds me a lot of places I’ve visited in Costa Rica. The vegetation, the mountains, the building style. Below is the pool, right outside my room.

The inside ceiling of my cottage , and my cottage.(I’ll get a better shot in better light later)

The bed is fantastic and make me think I need a new mattress at home.

Below is one of the four Monkey Lodge dogs.

I had a superb dinner last night. I’m going downtown this afternoon, and a yoga class this morning.

Below is my water heater. Works good but you need slow water flow ti give it time to warm up.

It is very remote, which is good and bad. It’s not going to be easy to get around. But I’ll probably have that sorted by the end of the day.

Happy Tuesday to you!

I’m on my way to Panama!

People sometimes ask me if I’m excited about going to Panama. I’m not sure I know what that means, excitement. I am looking forward to going, I want to go. But also I am planning the trip and trying to not forget anything and maybe I’m worried about something going wrong during the trip. It seems I’m more aware of potential problems. I’m quite sure I’m going to have a good time, it’s a given practically. I’m focused trying to be ready for any situation and not forget anything. Is that fear? Worried about fitting a week’s worth of clothes in a carry-on suitcase. Technically, worry is fear.

I don’t think it’s emotional at all. I don’t think it’s excitement or fear. I think it’s just logic making sure the necessities are covered.

This morning, I was listening to a guided meditation, and it asked how I felt. My answer was “the same as always”. Then I realized that wasn’t really an answer. Then I started wondering how I felt, and didn’t really find myself able to come up with a satisfactory answer. Which I thought was Interesting.

I’ll be getting ready for my Panama trip this weekend, I’m going on Monday. Yay! I’m so excited.

Have a great weekend!

I wanted to tell you about a good meditation app. It’s called Smiling Mind It is free, from an Australian non profit organization.

it’s a good meditation app, it can teach you to meditate from scratch, and will continue to be beneficial to you and your daily meditation practice.

We exercise and eat well to take care of our bodies, meditation is what we do for our minds, same thing.

Have a great day!