Life as a Voluntary Castaway

Our current situation in Panama is interesting, familiar, and yet new and exciting. In the last six years of our life this will be the longest we have stayed continually, in one place (we’ll be outdoing that next year, but you’ll have to stay tuned for that story). Four and a half months voluntarily removed from face to face contact with everyone but a very small group of locals who do not speak much English. Thank goodness the location we are in is pretty bloody wonderful. Certainly not for everyone, but for those who don’t mind having to rely on themselves to solve most problems and don’t particularly like sharing a swimming pool, it is awesome.

As you can see from the top photo, it is hard not to feel a little spoiled here. We choose to have proper table top dining for all our meals. It allows one time to sit back, look around, and appreciate the experience you are living.

We have a collection of chores that require attending to, however some tasks are more entertaining than others

Life here is very good. We are just past the halfway point of our time here and looking forward to what the next couple of months holds for us. Our Spanish is improving nicely, though the guys here still laugh when we try to put a sentence together. We spend at least an hour a day working our way through the online program, Duolingo, to improve our Spanish language skills. The most learning comes from conversing with the people here though. They are very patient with us.