I wish I could say that this week I became like Hal Jonson and Joan Mcleod and was super active this week in the healthiest of ways. I was as active as ever but my body took a major beating this week! Don't worry I'm perfectly ok I just have some lovely looking bruises for my efforts.
Bruise Day 1: Ziplining! So, so, so much fun! We went to Bastimentos Island and spent 2 hours zipping and climbing through the trees. There were 8 ziplines and then a tree top obstacle course. At times, we were 150ft feet high standing on platforms with jungle surrounding us. A touch unnerving but so thrilling! The company we went with was through Red Frog Beach and our guides were super fun and knew how to put even the most gittery of people at ease. One of the obstacles was a cable bridge were you are tied off and have to walk across on a cable with a cable above to help with balance. Imagine a really long slack line through the trees but this one is made out of braided steel cable. Bruises this day came from said cable when my feet fell off and the cable snapped up and hit the inside of my knees. I was having way too much fun to even realize I'd gotten any.
Bruise Day 2: Chill afternoon hanging out at the Blue Coconut! Emma and I had spent the afternoon taking Molly for a walk along the beach just outside of Bocas Town and after doing some errands in town then headed out to the Blue Coconut to hang out for the afternoon. I did my first round of ocean paddle boarding and then just chilled out for most of the afternoon. Best part of the day was taking Molly and Wilson (the resident dogs) swimming! We were able to get both dogs sitting on the paddle board although it did take a little bit of effort. Both Emma and I got scratched up like you wouldn't believe but again we were having way too much fun to stop.
Bruise Day 2 Continued: Once I got back from the Blue Coconut, most of the students currently attending Habla Ya and I decided to head over to Aqua Lounge for Ladies Night. Now if you don't go and google this place you'll never understand how absolutely nuts this place is. It's a bar/hostel that's right at the water's edge and it has openings in the deck that allow you to jump right into the ocean. There's also a couple swings out over the water and a trampoline you can jump off of. Great place to hang out on a hot day and, well, it's also a great place to go at night. Of course you can't take anything of value with you cause you might just end up taking a swim! Now they do have ladders that allow you to climb out of the water back onto the deck but I decided I would try my hand at pulling myself out. It ended up being a little higher than I thought it would be, which is where the first bruise on my arm came from.
Bruise Day 3: I went surfing! Not sure how I feel about the sport yet as it seemed like it was a lot of effort for not much excitement time. 4 of us got a boat to drop us out in the water where the break was. I caught a couple waves (didn't stand up but I was on my knees!) but the hardest part by far was then swimming back out to try and catch another one. The waves that day may have been a bit big of a first timer, as I didn't quite know how to position the board into the wave so it wouldn't push me back. Was a little bit terrifying seeing these waves coming at you and knowing there was nothing you could do but try and minimize the impact. Not the sport for me but maybe I'll give it another go at a place where there's a smaller break. Came away with a couple more bruises on my legs and one really good one on the inside of my arm.
Deciding 3 days of beating was enough, I did have a couple relaxing days this week. On Friday, instead of having just classes, all the teachers and students banded together and made a typical Panamenon breakfast. After eating cereal, yogurt and fruit for almost a month straight it was a nice change of pace. That afternoon we went to Starfish Beach were we hung out and swam. Even met a couple girls from Regina here as they recognized my Rider bathing suit!
Loving the crystal clear water
Caribbean Sunset
My war wounds
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