Up in Boquete

Nadia, Beppe and I arrived in Boquete after our bus day from hell ( see preceding post) and were immediately greeted by several hostel purveyors. We opted to go with Hostel Gaia, which was slightly off of the beaten path, so we hoped would be a bit more chill and quiet.

We met our new hostel mates, an American named James, and two Aussies named Jim (Andrew) and John. All very sweet and interesting to talk to.

After a nice dinner out with my family that were in town after a long hike from Volcan, a town at the base of the volcano, to Boquete, we got a good night sleep to prepare for our first adventure in this new and wondrous area.

Here are the three travelers at a fancy dinner with the fam.

Enjoying the park before heading up to the waterfalls.

Nads using her mad climbing skills to get closer to the action. Meanwhile I'm safely on the ground taking the photo.
A local bus stop. And place to rest while we hiked up the road to the next waterfall.

It was a short hike up to this beauty. And we played the movie game the whole way. Awww the best times with my gal Nads. I love you.
As it happens while we were walking out of the jungle and heading back to town, we found our little Beppe, sitting on the side of the road at one of the 'bus stops'. Nads and I both realized that we were now to take this stray Italian under our wing for the rest of our time in Boquete. And that's just what we did.

Jim prepared a beautiful cheese plate and John taught Beppe and I a new card game called Bullshit. Very fun.

The boys invited us to join them at Amigos, the local bar/ gringo hang out for beers as it was St Patty's and that what everyone one does on such a day.

We picked up a self hating American named Andreas whom we all were anxious to get rid of but alas he stuck around for the evening.

Nads convinced the boys that they were to take us on a tour of the area on mopeds the following day. They really had no say in the situation but took the challenge like real troopers. Stay tuned for our whirlwind moped tour of the parts of Boquete and beyond that we didn't already see... and some repeats.