Hola,
We arrived in Panama City after a 50 hour passage from Costa Rica. Very hot, windless, flat seas until we reached the rightly named Punta Mala (bad point) to enter the Gulf of Panama. Moderate wind, but sharp, boat stopping, wet chop and strange currents for about 6 hrs. Tiring. Things calmed down at daybreak and in the early afternoon of May 2nd we arrived at Flamingo Marina in Panama City.
The last couple of days have been spent waiting for various officials to do their thing and spending the evenings with a friend of Greg's--Rebecca--who is a native Panamanian that speaks excellent English. She gave us a tour of the huge, cosmopolitan downtown and then we had drinks in the old colonial square until late. Last night we had dinner at Rebecca's high-rise apartment with a view of Panama Bay. The pasta de carbon she made was excellent and her brother Eric, and her dog "Paris" we're also great company. Rebecca is beautiful, ambitious, funny and a fantastic hostess and I think she is enjoying showing us her city. And it looks like she will have plenty of time to do so .
We have an agent and the officials are nearly done with their b.s. and word is it may be nine days until we can transit. We will have a solid date this afternoon. It is so fun here so far I don't care when we leave! Lot's more to see (beaches, jungle, canal history tour...........) Uncle Richard loaned me the book "The Path Between the Seas" about history of the canal and it was pretty cool to finish the book here at the canal entrance. The trip isn't over yet but we three are feeling reflective and are proud of what we have done so far. "Henrietta II" continues to chug along reliably. More later.
Jeff
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