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Dear Friends and Followers,
It's five weeks in to date. I am as excited as I was on day one, two, three.... 35! I gathered some interesting experiences. The most important thing to note is this: No regrets!.
Banning Tanning
Would you need to give a fresh water dolphin a bottle of water?
Here is a Tanning Studio in the shade of a baking 90 F (32 C) sun. Don't forget to slap on SP50 sun protection when heading into the tanning place.
Dunkin' Donuts
A littler later I sinned. After getting some groceries, I couldn't help it but stop at here for a cinnamon role and a deliciously crafted doughnut. Mabe I shouldn't have. My 32W chinos got to wait a little longer.
Admit it! Does that not look perfect for a Sat treat for going shopping all by myself? Calories came to mind tho as I was ordering - but these thoughts were quickly replaced by Yum Yum grunting noises...
The Intenet and Things
I went to Pricesmart, the Latin America scaled down version of Costco. Yes, they do have Kirkland products. Just not quite as much choice. That's the main handicap here. Choice of goods. But I am getting used to it, and finding out that it is often a matter of who you know who knows someone who knows where to get what you need. An internet search is not nearly as productive as in the US or the UK. Panamanian websites, even some of bigger corporations may be below par for what we may consider professional web presence. So, lots of human interaction here, more than I am used to. It might actually be a good thing.
As was just about to leave PriceSmart, the lights went out - in the whole store. After some loud siren alarm that security seemed to ignore, the lights came back on. Repeat x 2.
Winter Has Come
Suddenly - I noticed the reason for the outage as a thunder powered through the air from the doors, reverberating above the ceilings and then fading. Then I heard the rain. Buckets. Streets were filling up with water, turning some of them into little raging rivers in 3 short minutes. A sight that was just awesome. It even cooled down a couple of degrees. Not much though. Winter has arrived in Panamá.
Some eight months of 2-3 hours of cloudbursts - after which, all is back to normal. The sun is back out. Yes, the humidity has picked up some. But days, weeks and even months of rain in Scotland make this look like a walk in the part.
As I arrived home, the thunderstorm is still raging. But it's not the gray in grey I am used to on the island of Britain. What a blessing it is here. Heat doesn't bother me. And I don't miss the seasons. I always loved summers, sun and blue skies. I always dreaded November to March, particularly in the UK. Even in Mallorca the palm trees were shaving their giant leaves off, and one had to be very careful not to get hit by them. Knock out in 1 second.
The top picture is a Dtube video that shows the amazing rain from my balcony as I got home and a pan from the balcony 1 hour 15 minutes later. All clear.
Studio Update: My friend Roland Juno
What does one do when it rains in Panamá?
- One can enjoy the big drops and get soaked, though it's warm.
- One can seek refuge in one of the countless cafés or bars.
- Or, globi can be in Studio 21 D playing with his new friend Roland Juno DS 88, a serious toy and tool. Chaos Audio Productions S.A. is open for business! Here he (she) is:
Apart from that, I got more equipment for the kitchen, even a Nutri Bullet for breakkie... Water Distiller is still in Florida and hopefully arrives any day now.
Hope you enjoyed my update from lovely Panamá. Why not leave a comment? Till the next Panamá update...
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