Around town

As we're slowly but surely easing into our Latin American life, we've tried to take a advantage of a bit of what Panama City has to offer, mostly in the form of the out-of-doors.  

On Sunday mornings, a few big streets along the ocean are closed to traffic to allow locals to enjoy more pedestrian modes of transportation like bicycles, roller blades, and feet.  We've explored the city by bike two weekends this month.

The boys made it to the end of Flamenco island, but then got yelled at by a local security guard for climbing on the rocks.

The Eldest is getting good at catching the local fauna. Gently.

There's a park under the highway which goes around Casco Viejo. It has swings bolted to the ceiling!

We've also continued to explore crumbling Casco Viejo.

I'm just writing a caption here to try to make the photos seem like they line up vertically. Is it working? Nope, not yet. I need to fill a bit more space...

This is one of the few times that Sarah pushed for the crazy filters. Ominous, eh?

The Big O looks cooler than I will ever be.

Not so much in this one, though.

This month we also hosted our first shindig for nineteen of our fellow new teachers and partners.  The chili was decent, the pool table was popular, and the company didn't get too wild and crazy. We'll try harder (and make more sangria) next time!  

We get some nice sunrises here.

No promises, but we're hoping to be a bit more consistent with the blogging.  We shall see.