More reflections

We can't find a whisk any where, we have tried every store. Weird in this country,I think.


Corned beef was hard to find too. We finally asked at the Mortons' bakery(where we get our beautiful Jewish rye) and she told us she gets it from Cristos' deli. (just down the street from our gym and the bakery), so I bought a pound and I'm on his mailing list.

Sauerkraut too is almost impossible. We got a can at Deli Baru. We tried the international market(Tuesdays,but it was not good). I just love Reuben sandwiches.

Smoked oysters..anything smoked...forget it. We tried mussels in a marinade and ..well.. it's just not the same.

But...we did have fresh tuna steak(cleaned and filleted) the other day from the local fish monger. Enough for two dinners and some left over for lunch. $5 bucks.

Bajareke. That's Panamanian for "it rains just about every day, a little misty rain that only happens in Boquete. LOL..anyway, Bajareke is what meteorologists call debris moisture. It is a mist that blows in from another weather system. In our case it is moisture that blows over the mountain range from the Caribbean. During the dry season, the northern winds can carry some moisture over the mountain range from the Caribbean Sea into the northern part of the Boquete District. This is especially the case at the higher elevations and into the Subdistricts of Los Naranjos, Jaramillo and Bajo Boquete. Since the Boquete District is on the leeward side of the mountains relative to the Caribbean cloud systems, the moisture that gets pushed over from the Caribbean side usually comes in the form of a mist or light rain that is locally called the “bajareque.” It is a fine but very wet mist. Because of this dry season moisture, the northern part of the Boquete.

This is the picture you get. A rainbow just about every day.

It isn't really a full rain coming from high clouds but rather a blown-in mist from somewhere. It depends on where you are in the District of Boquete as to how much you get. The northern part of the District gets the most.

Down here it is rare to have a lawn mower. The gardener(usually) is cutting the lawn with a "Stihl weed eater".

I know gas is cheap back home now but how about .64 a litre?

I was on my way to Potrorillo( i was looking for Jansen's coffee plantation) and I saw this fire.

It was unsupervised,uncontrolled and there wasn't a fire fighter in sight. Nor was there one 30 minutes later on my way home.

This is Whisper,the owners dog. She is a rescue dog. It's only$10 for neutering and $5 for spaying at the local shelter and the vets come in once a week.