Panama has really been wonderful so far. We started our journey in Panama City and have already crossed the country and returned in the past couple of weeks. We’ve gone from a city with air conditioning and hot water to an extremely rural area with open windows and cold showers and back again. We’ve seen two different Panamanian cultures and their similarities. Interestingly, the love for bright colors seems to be universal here in Panama; it adds to the energy that you already feel being in the gateway between the Americas and also so very close to the equator. It’s been one interesting bus ride after another, and we’ve been so lucky to be involved in the different activities with the nearby communities of the Comarca. We’ve been up and down countless mountains and seen some breathtaking landscapes. We’ve butchered many Spanish sentences, gestured through our days here, and learned quite a few phrases on the way. Our most used phrases probably were “muchas gracias,” and “con permiso.” With gestures and those two phrases, we got around surprisingly well. Luckily, even with our language barrier and odd appearance, people had little reservation in letting us care for them. Underneath our staggering Spanish, we were very fortunate they saw our sincere smiles and thanked us for our help. For me, this experience has put the world in a new perspective, and I want to see more already.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Our Journey
Panama has really been wonderful so far. We started our journey in Panama City and have already crossed the country and returned in the past couple of weeks. We’ve gone from a city with air conditioning and hot water to an extremely rural area with open windows and cold showers and back again. We’ve seen two different Panamanian cultures and their similarities. Interestingly, the love for bright colors seems to be universal here in Panama; it adds to the energy that you already feel being in the gateway between the Americas and also so very close to the equator. It’s been one interesting bus ride after another, and we’ve been so lucky to be involved in the different activities with the nearby communities of the Comarca. We’ve been up and down countless mountains and seen some breathtaking landscapes. We’ve butchered many Spanish sentences, gestured through our days here, and learned quite a few phrases on the way. Our most used phrases probably were “muchas gracias,” and “con permiso.” With gestures and those two phrases, we got around surprisingly well. Luckily, even with our language barrier and odd appearance, people had little reservation in letting us care for them. Underneath our staggering Spanish, we were very fortunate they saw our sincere smiles and thanked us for our help. For me, this experience has put the world in a new perspective, and I want to see more already.
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