Wednesday Greg
got his passport back with his multi entry visa stamp and then went to get his
Panamanian driver’s license. First we went to a local clinic to get his blood
test. They put your blood type on your license and if you don’t come from a
state that already has your blood type on it then you need the blood test.
Then, we were taken to the driver’s license place where there was a huge line.
Our attorney went in to see if they had a line for jubilados and they did, so
we went to the head of the line so to speak. He had an eye & hearing test.
We stopped
at the Albrook mall and had lunch at Lenos y Carbon which has the best food. We had Brochettes of beef
and/or chicken that came with a tasty salad, vegetable rice, an arepa and sweet
plantain all for around $7.00.
We stopped
at the shipping company (Panama Packers), to give them the documents they need
to ship our container. Everything should
arrive around Aug 28 or early September. Then before the drive home we stopped
at PriceSmart came home long enough to
put away the groceries and then went to the Playa Community mixer at Picasso’s.
It was hosted by the people that publish the website/newspaper for the Playa
Community. It was a different crowd than usual. It seemed a bit more cliquey,
but is always interesting.
We finally
ate at Locos in Gorgona. Good Mexican food. They are only open Thursday, Friday
and Saturday for dinner. We kept trying to go for lunch. A guy came in and
asked if he could sit with us and was quite interesting to talk to. At first we
thought he was going to try and sell us something, but he just wanted to chat.
We talked about restaurants and travel around the world. He was interesting and
has traveled and lived all over. Plus, he has 5 kids that live all over the
world. Amanda was there and we talked to her before this guy came to our table.
Amanda is the niece of the lady we met at the Canada Day Party on the roof when
we first moved in. Amanda works there and is a nice young lady.
We have been
experiencing some unusually high tides in the evening and unusually low tides
morning to midday. It always varies, but this is really extreme. It can make
for a really extra wide beach exposing lots of rocks we don’t normally see and
the surf can come all the way up to the sea walls to people houses. With the newly
exposed rocks we saw a lot of locals harvesting oysters.
The low tide
let us follow the beach all the way to Gorgona beach (neighboring town) for a
nice 2.5 hour round trip walk. It had to be one of the most beautiful days we
have had here. Sunny with beautiful shades of ocean waters. I have been finding
some really different shells this week. On the walk to Gorgona I found 2 HUGE
sand dollars about the size of my hand.
Greg said those aren’t sand dollars, they are “sand ten dollars”. They
are also really thick and heavy. I have bleached them and have them drying in
the sun on the balcony. We see the occasional iguana on our walks as well.
We saw the young
Caracara again. He almost has all of his adult feathers and seems to be eating
on his own now.
Greg has had
a cold all week and I didn’t get it as strong as he did, but still feel a bit
draggy.
I am still
waiting for my letter from the FBI to see if I got my background check
completed or NOT. With most of the immigration stuff behind us (at least until
I get my BG check), we will start checking out the surrounding areas to see
other condo options.
Hasta Luego!
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