Kicked him right in the canal zone!

So it was decide that the best way to go easy on our readers was to blog more often thus creating more smaller posts for easier digestion. But then we drank two bottles of rum and forgot to blog for three or four days.
Things are going pretty well, Panama is alright and we've had some fun but were all ready to move on to Colombia. The one thing I will say is that our hostel Luna's Castle is one of the best places I've ever stayed the people here are amazing, its not the most luxurious place and sometimes Daniel walks around with his shirt off, but they do an incredible job of making you feel welcome and at home. We've made many new friends here and I would highly recommend stopping in for a night or six if you ever in the hemisphere. Bob and I have kept busy building and painting his custom loft area that overlooks both common sitting/computer areas. We have even discussed returning to Panama for a week or two so we can help out with more of the construction their doing, it works out well because if you put in some work you can usually stay for free or at least sneak a beer in.
I'll have to hit the highlights if I'm ever going to get this post done.

1. AJ got mugged the day before Bob and I rolled into town from Costa Rica. (see his blog for details)
2. We arrived at Luna's Castle and played bed shuffle and spent a night or two in the surprisingly luxurious theater room where we found it impossible to get through Blade Runner without distraction or exhaustion.
3. We met a lot of really chill cool people including Daniel, Wakan, Meredith, Dain, Kate, Gillian, giant Austrian guy, some Australian dudes who are going on the boat with us, and so many others.
4. We saw the Panama Canal and were entirely unimpressed.
5. We won $120 off some Air force guys when we bet in their Superbowl pool.
6. We saw one of the most intense street parties I have ever born witness to after Panama beat Costa Rica's soccer team.

Its been a pretty great time here despite the fact that Panama is kinda boring compared to our other stops. In a few hours were all getting in a truck with the Australians, our ships first mate Maurizio, about five cases of beer and 10 bottles of rum and heading overland through the jungle to Colon where we'll shuttle out to our waiting vessel. We'll be sailing out to the San Blas islands and hanging out for a couple days before we make our way to Zapzurro in Colombia. Hopefully we can use Bob somewhere along the way to catch a giant record breaking size great white and we'll all be famous (well not Bob). After we reach Colombia we have to catch a speedboat to Cartagena and that's as far as we have planned. I'll let you all know whats up when we arrive but we'll be out of contact on the high seas for five or six days. I assume based on our extensive research that there will be swashbuckling and pillaging aplenty so don't wait up.

So in summation, good bye Panama and all of our new found friends, stay at Luna's Castle if you get the chance, don't follow AJ into the ghetto, never trust a beautiful Canadian woman, Pancakes rock but only for like three days straight.
Until next time
-Dean



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