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Believe it or not after being up for 21 hours straight and drinking way to much vino I was still up at 6:30am bright eyed and bushy tailed.......o.k. maybe that last part is a stretch but it points to yet another thing I love about Panama....you rise with the sun and go to bed about an hour after it sets...it's the way people are suppose to be I think.
Day two started with a great breakfast that Kevin's house helper Delsi kindly served up. Juevos, hamon, papaya, and pan'...followed by a large glass of jugo de naranja! (eggs, ham, bread, orange juice).
Then shortly after I joined Kevin and a road coating representative from the states that was testing out an application for the Vida Nueva roads that looks and feels like asphalt for 60% of the cost and best yet doesn't leech into the environment! Up the mountain we went and to the test site. Like anything in Panama if you put a deadline on it you will be a little behind..lol
That being said the roads look great and are very drivable even in the rain. There were 5 dump trucks, 2 graters, 2 excavators, a compactor, a water truck, and about 20 workers running around like there was a deadline...impressive in what many see as the middle of nowhere!
Kevin's road crews also recently finished rough cutting of the road to their marina site. I drove down there several times just to have a beer and listen to the peaceful sounds of birds and all manner of wildlife found in tropical mangroves carrying on the way they must have for a thousand years....it's awesome!!
I then ran up to Chad's to pick up my surfboards and fishing gear that I had left...of course my wife will tell you the most important thing was the shells she has saved from the trips down there...shells that will one day be a part of our home in Panama in one form or another.
The grass on our piece of property was a little more aggressive than I had expected...LOL
Lets say it's about 15 feet high..LOL the house is still in basically the same condition we left it in and shows little weathering which is nice.
The afternoon brought about an hour of hard rain and Kevin and I headed up to Chad's place for dinner which as per usual included a large plate of yellowfin tuna sashimi!!! I love it sooo much!!
After a few drinks and a lot of telling lies as per normal routing we headed back to Kevin's for emails, and then to bed.
Then shortly after I joined Kevin and a road coating representative from the states that was testing out an application for the Vida Nueva roads that looks and feels like asphalt for 60% of the cost and best yet doesn't leech into the environment! Up the mountain we went and to the test site. Like anything in Panama if you put a deadline on it you will be a little behind..lol
That being said the roads look great and are very drivable even in the rain. There were 5 dump trucks, 2 graters, 2 excavators, a compactor, a water truck, and about 20 workers running around like there was a deadline...impressive in what many see as the middle of nowhere!
Kevin's road crews also recently finished rough cutting of the road to their marina site. I drove down there several times just to have a beer and listen to the peaceful sounds of birds and all manner of wildlife found in tropical mangroves carrying on the way they must have for a thousand years....it's awesome!!
I then ran up to Chad's to pick up my surfboards and fishing gear that I had left...of course my wife will tell you the most important thing was the shells she has saved from the trips down there...shells that will one day be a part of our home in Panama in one form or another.
The grass on our piece of property was a little more aggressive than I had expected...LOL
Lets say it's about 15 feet high..LOL the house is still in basically the same condition we left it in and shows little weathering which is nice.
The afternoon brought about an hour of hard rain and Kevin and I headed up to Chad's place for dinner which as per usual included a large plate of yellowfin tuna sashimi!!! I love it sooo much!!
After a few drinks and a lot of telling lies as per normal routing we headed back to Kevin's for emails, and then to bed.
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