Amendments

Alright, if you havent read the post titled "To Panama", that might be worth a look before you get to this one.

first of all, the biggest things i want to note. the first day we were in the San Blas islands we had sea turtle meat for lunch. i know, its an endangered species and whatnot, but it was already dead, if we didnt eat it then someone else would have. point is, sea turtle is goooood. very tender. i dont support killing sea turtle, i support cooking it. if anyone has a chance to taste this delicacy without going to federal prison, its worth it. the sea turtle eggs are nice too, kind of potatoe-like texture. the other thing i wanted to add was that the second day on the way to the islands, when we were still at open sea, the most amazing lightning storm ive ever seen lit up the sky. as i was sitting up on the top of the boat you could watch it go across the sky. there were 3 different theaters sort of, and it would go from one to the next. bolts, flashs, the occasional booooom! it was all very exciting and kept me awake for my shift.

and just so you can get an idea of who i was on this boat with, heres a little character description for each passanger:

Caitlin--loud, likes to talk a lot, ive got good stories, i know the answer to everything and i like to argue with everything you say jeevon, american girl. she wasnt that bad, and i liked her spirit, i just think that somewhere along the way she was given a little too much praise as a kid and a little too much money drowned her purity---or something like that. she went to tulane and daddy paid without batting and eye--160,000 for four years. shes lived in barcelona, australia, and travelled europe extensivly, it was one of her favorite things to talk about: "ive probably been to paris 5 or 6 times, and everytime i love it, its just too dirty", "rome is great, and when we were living in barcelona it was like, why not go to rome for the weekend, its only gonna cost $300." not that bad, just a bit annoying over time.

Phil--pretty quite, northern british guy. i liked phil, cool guy. he works with kids that get into trouble at school. hes really into american sports and was easy to talk too, not the loud in your face brit you might picture.

Kelly--too funny. this girl complained a lot. but it was nice, it was never about anything bad, she was vomiting for 2 days and didnt say a word about the stupid ocean or damn boat or anything, what she would complain about was when phil didnt fill up a glass of water quick enough or didnt set the table right or wasnt doing the dishes properly. but that was fine, because she only complained at phil, telling him all the stuff he was doing wrong. we would sort of sit back and chuckle when she was looking the other way.

Tim--laid back, queensland aussie guy. easy to talk too, dry humour, good guy. was bunking with caitlin and something may have been going on between them. they were often alone talking, although i cant imagine he would instigate a conversation with much more than "good night, see you tomorrow," but i guess that would give her plenty to work of off.

Julian and Oliver--longer darker hair, a bit of facial hair, always wore board shorts and a hat. i only remember all this becuase oliver, his friend (and possible lover) was exactly opposite. short blonde hair, clean shaven, shorter, maybe german style swimmers, he was your classic german, and the difference between these too was sooo funny. both quite funny people, great to sit around laughing with. especially when the capitan pulled out the san blas flag, red and yellow with a reverse swastika in the middle, you should have seen the look on olivers face, he was very offended at first.

Hansel--what needs to be said for señor italiano...? he didnt really speak spanish and instead would just yell to everybody in italian, which we could sort of understand because of its similarity to spanish. it didnt help the more he drank, which was almost every night. i have a good video of him dancing to some black eyed peas song or something like that. he was hilarious to watch, dreaded-on-accident hair, he claimed to be an artesean, i suppose its possible.

Guillermo--frenchy, frenchy, frenchy, always there to help, even when its not needed. a people pleaser by nature, spoke alright english but it think he realized that he wasnt the same kind of traveller as the rest of us. i dont know what it is, but something about him was different. i liked the chats we had, but he was a little self-ritous.

Chris--quite, kept to himself, smoked more than a pack a day. poor guy was stuck sharing a room with the less than higenic hansel. not much else to say. could have been gay, along with guillermo, hansel, and oliver and julian.

that was the trip for the most part. quite fun, i did enjoy myself, i did things i would never have been able to see your do unless i took the trip. im sure when i think of other interesting things ill put up another post of additions. im in a surfer-chill-beach town called bocas del toro that right near costa rica. a few days here, a few days in a place called boquete in the mountains, and then back south to traverse the panama canal. hasta luego!

ps, photos coming soon.