Night in Panama

Hey Y'all

So this weekend marked 90 days of me being here in Costa Rica. So that means my VISA needs to be renewed. So all of us in the DTS, headed down to Panama for the night to get another 90 days in Costa Rica.

It was quite the trip. We left Friday morning at 8am, we got on the bus and left San Jose just after 9am. This started a 5 hour bus ride. The ride was great, I love traveling so it was a joy for me to do this. We got to drive through Limón, which was exciting, only 3 weeks and I will be living in that area on the beach!

Karlene and Me on the bus to Panama

Banana Tree Farms

So we arrived at the boarder of Panama, this was a whole new boarder experience. Nothing like the Canada/USA boarders. For us to all get through it took us almost 2 hours, without any problems. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like if we had had a problem. Oh, and it was so HOT and HUMID. Oh man, they told us it would be hot, but not one of us thought it was going to be like the way it was! Haha

Once we finished at the boarder we got back on the bus and headed to a small little town called... I don't actually know where I was. We got there and checked into our hotel and by that time it was 6:15pm (Panama time, an hour ahead of Costa Rica time). So we headed down the street to find a place to eat.

The main street of the little town in Panama

We found this little place just down from our hotel and I had a plate of French Fries and Fried Chicken. It was my first time having this since Ive been here and it was SO GOOD! I enjoyed it way to much and it only cost me $3.50! With a Coca Cola! Panama is so cheap! Then the next morning we asked the lady at the check in desk if there was a bakery so we could get something for breakfast, she gave us some directions and that lead us to this little place that was no a bakery.. but it did the trick. My plate of food was, one fluffy flour tortilla thing (SO GOOD), one pancake, and a piece of chicken. Hahaha. It was so good, but such a bad breakfast.

After that we got on the bus and headed back to San Jose, Costa Rica. It was a good, hot trip. Panama was great, I hope to one day go there for longer and get to see more of it. Until then I am just satisfied with saying I've been there.


Much love,
Hannah