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I recently returned from a surf trip to Panama.  Before the memories fade, I thought I would recap the trip and post a few photos.

Getting There:

• 2.5 hr car ride to IAH
• 4.5 hr flight to Panama City
• 0.5 hr cab ride to bus station
• 5 hr bus ride to the middle of no-where Pacific coast of Panama
• 0.5 hr cab ride to the "port" (someone's yard with a hole cut in the Mangroves)
• 0.5 hr ponga ride to the island

As you can see, getting there certainly could have been easier.  What isn't accounted for above is the 3.5 hours waiting at the bus station or the 1 hour stop in the Real Middle Of Nowhere on the bus ride at 3am so people could get something to eat.  Who eats at 3am?  We left Houston at 2:30pm and arrived on the island at 8:30am. 

There:

The good news was that the island we were staying on rocked!  The scenery was beautiful.  They have accommodations for 24 but there were never more than 8 guests during our trip.  The attached photos don't do it justice, but some are entertaining.  They get their water from a spring on the island and all the power is generated from two small windmills and a solar panel. 

The Surf:

Unfortunately, all the surfing photos were taken by someone who charges for them, so I can't include them here.  However if you are really interested, you can check them out here.

 Returning:

I really don't want to talk it.... OK, for the sake of completeness... it was uneventful.  We did spend the night in Panama City so that broke the trip up and made it easier. 

I just looked up the lyrics to Panama and realized it's pretty unrelated to my experience there.  Oh well, maybe it sucked you in.  ;)