no and then.

back in panamà. not even that sure where to begin.

bussed from chitrè to here. got to jeff´s, went online to learn there is only one flight to san blas daily and it leaves at 6am. thank god for knowing that! did laundry, ate cookies and was up until a tad past midnight. woke up at 4am. four a.m.!! got stuff together, caught a taxi right off, which we were not anticipating. taxi took us to a supermarket because we had read about kuna yala not having much in the way of fruits and veggies. dropped at the airport, purchased round-trip tickets to some island off in the San Blas and sat around. tickets were about $90. this trip would have been a lot cheaper if we´d just stay in one place but am sure glad we got around as much as we have. rental cars and planes are definitely my way of preferred travel compared to those busses. though i agree with morgan, i do love me some second-rate bus travel when i can.

it´s late here and i´m pretty over being online so i´ll have to chat it up about san blas on another post. the islands are unlike anything i have ever seen. the water is so crystal-clear and turquoise, the islands are so spottingly tiny, it was like something you read about but are sure is exaggerated. and it was overcast most of the time so even my photos won´t do it justice.

next time i need to mention:
- old town panama (buildings, flan, history)
- lightening storm in san blas
- snorkelling
- rain storms
- epidemic of stoned taxi drivers in the city
- seeing the canal
- hammocks
- how much i´m going to love laying on my own bed again