If you have ever traveled outside the United States, you always miss this one thing we Americans pride ourselves upon: Service. Until a few weeks ago when we arrived in Brasil, this thing called service has been more or less non-existent. Even with a fake smile, nothing really compares to the culture of service we have created in the U.S. Here in Rio de Janeiro we have however been re-introduced to quality in the restaurant, both in food and help. But before I write that story, here's one from a few months ago while traveling in Panama.
Bocas del Toro, Panama, food
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Brendon
3/22/2009
I sit here as sober thoughts enter my head. I write and many find themselves on paper. The rest do not. Where do they go? Why can I not record them all? These other thoughts, these other memories. Gone. If I wasn't on the wagon, I would understand. Booze stole them away. But Jack, Jim, Jose, and James are not here.
party, Bocas del Toro, islands, Panama
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Brendon
2/4/2009
I woke up again at 8am for the second third straight day in a row. And I'm going to do the same tomorrow, maybe even earlier! This morning it was partly cloudy, partly sunny. It was going to be a good day in the deep blue sea.
Bocas del Toro, islands, diving, Panama
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Brendon
1/25/2009
I woke up this morning planning to hit the ocean in scuba gear, under the water with the fishies. But at 8am, yes I woke up this early, the skies were completely overcasted from the rains the night before still so I returned to my top bunk. I don't like the top bunk but it was cooler, fans blowing all night. I actually used my sheet.
drinks, beer, Bocas del Toro, islands, beaches, Panama
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Brendon
1/24/2009
just a little update...I'm down in Bocas del Toro...Jason is I have no idea...I've written two blogs on paper in the past 24 hours but with internet at $2/hour and broken keyboards and white sandy beaches and cute surfer girls, I'll wait til I'm back in the city...plus Jason has a number to write, I have a summary Nicaragua expose, and there are many more pictures to go up...one day videos might even make it too, we'll see...i have a cold beer waiting for anyone who wants it on an island of the Caribbean coast of Panama.
Bocas del Toro, beaches, Panama
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Brendon
1/23/2009
So there I was in what is probably the dumpiest, sketchiest place I've stated in, yet (and perhaps ever). I went for the single bed as time again has proven bunk beds to be mostly noise. I switched in the middle of the night, proven wrong. Plus there weren't springs stuck in my back anymore. I was forced to pee on my tippy toes in socks for fear of the over zealous fungi. Three times that night.
Costa Rica, borders, Bocas del Toro, public transportation, buses, Panama
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Brendon
1/23/2009