04/03/2008, Fort Sherman
When we go for walks in the rain forest in the evenings the Monkeys always come to watch the strange primates that can't climb in the trees.
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04/02/2008, Panama Canal
We went fly fishing up one of the legs of the Chagres river today with Sugawara San from the Lagoon 470 Wakamizu. It is the peak of the dry season and the river is back filled with salt water, which is my excuse for not catching anything. We had a lot of fun though. Their 40 hp makes short work of blasting around Lemon Bay.
That evening we were invited to dinner aboard Wakamizu. Nirai and Nobu cooked a wonderful beef stew. Chris and Sophia, Australians from the boat next door (need to get the name...), joined us as well. A good time was had by all.
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04/01/2008, Lemon Bay
Exploring the rivers in the Lemon Bay area is a lot of fun. Sit quietly and you will hear branches snapping as the monkeys come to take a look at you. If you are lucky the Howler Monkeys will show up and put on a display with their thunderous howling. If you're really lucky you may see a crocodile, tapir, toucan or other critters.
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03/31/2008, Punta Shelter
Shelter Bay is a small bay tucked back in at the western end of the Lemon Bay breakwater. The bay sits between the thin western peninsula of the mainland and a point extending to the south know as Shelter Point. Fort Sherman is located on Shelter Point. It was an American base (as so many things here were). It is now mostly unused although the Panama military does use it from time to time. If you hike through to the south you get to the beach on the Lemon Bay side. It will not strike you the way the Caribbean brochure does but it is a beach.
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03/30/2008, Panama
Here's an overview of what 95% of Panama looks like.
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03/29/2008, Shelter Bay
This boat will make you do a double take as it blasts through the marina. As you may notice no one is driving it.
It was one of the last things from the 007 filming to go. There is a guy sitting inside the center console that operates the boat. This allows the actors to pretend like they're driving the boat while basically ignoring the waterway and focusing on shooting guns and roundhouse kicking the bad guys into the drink.
Margaret loved this boat and I kept wondering if it was still around because she had bought it.
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03/28/2008, Sheleter Bay Marina
We have to wait 4 weeks to go through the canal.
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