December 21, 2010

My daughter in law and granddaughter are here enjoying history in Panama. We were told that Panama can lose its electricity, internet and trash collection, but there is never a water problem because of the Panama Canal. Yet, last night we lost our water and to boot we had family visiting. This remarkably occurred during historical rainfalls and flooding. Granted, other parts of the city were without water, but never this area. All areas around the school had no water, yet the school did. So we did have school and all of us (teachers and students) were there dirty with greasy hair. Another adventure! Never in the past twenty years has that happened. Wayne took the girls to the “other side” of town that had water to go shopping. Thankfully, all was fine when we got back home.
Our boys got here on Friday. Now we are doing the touring thing. Posted some pictures of my granddaughter harassing the pigeons in an historical area of Panama and on the beach, which is just about 20 minutes away. Lorelai enjoyed the sand while the boys enjoyed the beer.
When Wayne and I arrived, we had no gas and lost our electricity that first week. Now, the girls arrive and we lose our water. We wondered what would happen when then boys got here. It was the horrible traffic. One of the only two bridges crossing the canal is closed due to the recent flooding. So, the usually bad traffic in Panama City just got worse. Always an adventure down here!!