Life is a Beach

On Sunday we packed up the exuberant Kaleb with us in the car, and headed off to Playa Santa Clara, to check out the beach about an hour away. Kaleb was so happy not to be left behind, home alone, which usually happens.

Here are some pictures of the beach. (You can click to enlarge them.)

And finally it was time to jump in!

 Then it was time to head home. I have to say, I loved it, and so did Kaleb. We didn't have our ears and noses full salt water, didn't have to gag every other second to purge the water out of our breath. I didn't have to hold on to my bikinis for fear of them falling off at the waves. And it didn't hurt that the water was nice and balmy. Yes, I think I'm going to love it here!

Glimpses of Panama City

We've had to drive to Panama City quite a few times, mostly when buying our car. The traffic there is crazy, I'm so happy Chuck is doing all the driving. Here are some pictures of the city that the locals just call Panama. (It was a little confusing at first.) Here are pictures of the skyscrapers by the ocean (no ocean pics tho...)

Our attorney's office was in one of these buildings, and we were in awe, having to first introduce our business to the front desk to get a "ticket" to go in through the gates (like subways). Then we had to take the elevator up to the particular floor. Believe it or not, we needed assistance to figure it out. Apparently you pressed the button to call for the elevator by choosing the floor you wanted to go to. The number it then showed on the display was the number of the elevator you had to go to, and not the floor number...

This house (above) I thought had a pretty look: there were flowers hanging from the balconies and a cute rooftop garden also. 

And of course there is a nice-looking church in town too. (you can click the pictures to make them bigger)

These are pictures from the old town Casco Viejo.

And here, just one example of the traffic in Panama. This is actually a 2-lane road: 1 lane each direction. Our car is in the middle lane, the only official lane.