Pedasí, Panama

Community, Cowboys, Surfers

This was our "beach vacation" town. It had a bit of an American Southwest-meets-Surf bum town vibe to it, and was even smaller than El Valle. We spent two nights at La Rosa de Los Vientos B&B/Hostal ("The Wind of the Rose"), which was definitely the most tastefully decorated place we've stayed so far.

Two neat things I feel like mentioning:

Our first restaurant meal in Pedasí was at a little Italian place, Pasta y Vino, and was delicious (in a gourmet kind of way) and very reasonably priced with surprisingly attentive service, but the coolest thing was that everyone seemed to know everyone else and there were lots of warm greetings. Our B&B owner said Pedasí is a nice small-town community, and I believe him. That's cool.

We only spent one day on the beach, but we had a GIGANTIC stretch of sandy beach to ourselves. The ocean was a little too intense (it was so windy the previous night that the B&B lost internet connectivity, along with everyone else on the peninsula), but we waded out a little bit and splashed in the waves, trying to be mindful of the undertow. It was a bit cloudy but we sunbathed for a bit anyway - whipping, stinging sand be damned - and we enjoyed it all thoroughly. We walked over 7 miles that day and then John ran another 6...

This post is brief, because we weren't there long, we're now in South America (a new continent - woo!), and I feel the need to post in mostly-chronological order. So here's some photos. Sorry I didn't edit most of them.

Our "backyard"

Our "back patio"

"John's" hammock, ocean in the distance

In town

Almost expect to see a tumbleweed rolling by

Frogs make excellent accordion players

Future retirement home

Our "private beach"

A fellow nomad