Caribbean Adventures

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Other random pics

Cute little Caribean kiddo shakin his booty to the steel drums!

Tia Veronica y tia Benedikta

Ryden y su amiga de escuela

Our friends

This is Rye hugging Maestra Sharon....Rye adores her!

Rye's classmates all dressed up for a Panamanian holiday

Rye and best friend Bibi being goofy

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Here we are hanging out on Red Frog Beach, a national preserve. It is on the island of Bastimientos, a short boat ride away. We had a great time playing in the waves, holding the little red frogs and boogie boarding. This is island life!

Organic Cacao Farm trip

This was our trip to an organic Cacao farm. We took a boat to the farm, which is owned by 2 expat Americans. They walked us through the whole process from picking the beans. We got to eat raw cacao....yummy! Saw how the beans are extracted, fermented and then roasted and then blended up to remove most of the oil. From there the pure cacao is left. Fun trip!!! Rye loved it.

Halloween Bocas Style

Had a crazy crazy Halloween here in Bocas. As you may or may not know, Bocas is quite the party town. There are parties every night and the bars are thumping til 5 am most nights. We laugh because everyday someone comes by the language school to advertize that their bar is having ladies night. In Bocas there is a ladies night every night....nice for me I guess. Anyways, Halloween was a spectacle. All the tourists were out in their handmade throw it together outfits and the locals were all out full force too. I had a babysitter that night and got home around 3:30. I was a rock star complete with a star on my eye, crazy hair (most of the night until it got too hot and I had to put it up) and tatoos everywhere. Rye and I went to a Halloween gathering earlier in the day. Rye was a rainbow fairy....a last minute idea we had, but it was cute. She had rainbow tatoos on her face and a rainbow skirt and shirt and purple wings. Check out the pictures from the day.