Cheryl’s Spanish School
Cheryl in a Private Lesson
Home Where Cheryl Lived
Flowers Everywhere
Boquete Flower and Coffee Feria (Festival)
At the Feria
At the Feria
Craft Stall at the Feria
Musicians at the Feria
Feria Food Vendor
Ice Cream Cone Vendor
Ripening Coffee Cherries
Coffee Cherries Drying in the Panamanian Sun
Inspecting the Coffee Cherries
Serious Coffee Tasting
Cerro Punta
Vegetable Crops covered the Steep Hills of Cerro Punta
Bocas del Toro Town
Recycled US School Buses - A Frequent Mode of Transportation
Lunch at Shelly’s BBQ in Bocas del Toro Town
One of our Favorite Hangouts in Bocas del Toro Town
Capitan Jeff, our Tour Guide for Two Days in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Waterside View of our Hotel
Lunch Stop in Crawl Cay
Crawl Cay
Cheryl at Crawl Cay
Caimans
At Salt Creek Indigenous Village
Starfish Beach
Stingray at Starfish Breach
At Bird Island
Children in a Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca on Cristóbal Island
Ngöbe-Buglé Children on Cristóbal Island
On Cristóbal Island
Cristóbal Island
Cristóbal Island
Dugout Canoe near Bastimentos Island
Bastimentos Island
Gamboa Rainforest Resort on the Banks of the Panama Canal and the Chagres River
Memorial to the Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, George Goethals
The Panama Canal Requires Continuous Maintenance
Canal Dredging is Ongoing
The Canal is Being Expanded to Accommodate Larger Ships
Widening the Panama Canal
Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal,
Constructed in 1913
Constructed in 1913
Electric “Mules” Keep Ships Centered in the Locks
100-Year Old, Riveted Lock Gate
At the Miraflores Locks
Bridge of the Americas
Panama Viejo, Founded in 1519
Abandoned when Pirate Henry Morgan Attacked in1671
Casca Viejo - the “Old Quarter” of Panama City
Casca Viejo, Founded in 1673
Casca Viejo (or Is It the New Orleans French Quarter?)
National Cathedral
Casca Viejo
Birthday Celebration at a Panama City Wine Bistro
Panama
January - February 2011
Cheryl flew to Panama in January for a two-week Spanish immersion course in Boquete. She lived with a Panamanian family, had lessons for six hours a day, and then hours of homework. She did find time to enjoy the Flower and Coffee Feria and partake in the local culture. Jim followed for two weeks during which time we explored the Boquete area, traveled to Bocas del Toro by bus and then flew to Panama City for sightseeing and a partial transit of the Panama Canal.