STRUGGLING IN PANAMA, WE NEED A BREAK FROM THE VAN
good morning guys it has rained for two days kurt's ear is not doing much better we do have antibiotics and tylenol we're going to try to head somewhere to get him a little more comfortable um and we need fuel for the van because it's been raining and we haven't been getting a lot of solar and we need to run the air conditioner because he's fighting a little bit of a fever while he's fighting the infection so we're about to roll out of this camp the roads are a muddy mess it's been a great camp it was wonderful if you ever come here you need to come to boca del drago it's a great little beach community but we're headed back towards town there's a lot of colors i don't know where to go see a lot of colors only feeling blue there's a lot of colors lost within a haze don't rely on others to get you through the maze the dreams are not the same for me standing by the shore anymore there are a lot of voices drowning in the sea there's too many voices talking back at me all right so we just had us a little authentic lunch out here on the island kurt still feeling pretty bad but he is improving which means the antibiotics are working so we just got to give him a little bit longer to rest up and then we're going to try to have one more adventure on this island foreign so we were in lake atlanta in guatemala i guess it's been about what six months ago give or take and we went to this restaurant to serve curry food which neither snow or i had any experience or knew what to order but you guys gave us a hint or told us what we should order and guess what that's what we're ordering tonight so snow you're what are you getting butter chicken so snow's gonna get the butter chicken and i'm getting the piscato vindaloo which is the spicy uh i guess fish so we'll see how it goes but we're down here in bocos del toro on the water and we're about to have some authentic indian at a place that has been here for 19 years 19 years with a beautiful view butter chicken oh wow that is really really good guys perfect recommendation all right here goes kurt the vindaloo i've definitely had the vindaloo before okay and i like it and it is spicy and it is good especially with the fish i think the fish is mahi mahi but i cheated and got a piece of this butter chicken gonna try it go ahead definitely more your speed yes they did good didn't they all right guys we're going to enjoy our dinner and then we'll see y'all in the morning but kurt is definitely on the mint me hmm all right guys i'm pretty stoked we've been hanging out in bocos del toros now for a few days you guys probably already know i got an ear infection so we've been laid up and this zero breeze air conditioner is something that we have been wanting to try we were in the cold mountain country so we didn't need it but i've been banged up we've been hearing the heat and trying to use it but i haven't been able to set it up and honestly i don't have it set up properly right now but i just wanted to give it a whirl it's blowing about 65 degree cool weather right now i haven't vented out the window which was actually probably took me about 10 minutes to do not ideal but it does need to vent outdoors and so you can kind of see it it's already down to 64. but let's see how this cools off the van i'm optimistic that it's going to be a nice supplement with the sun beating on us the air is coming out now at about 61 degrees so it's still getting cooler it's got this adjustable vent right here i could tell you sitting in front of that thing it is nice and cool i am super excited about this little air conditioner right here what started off as paradise here in bocos del toro turned into a little different situation first i got an ear infection and went down and actually got really sick for two or three days it's happened before it actually happened in mexico we were swimming with the seals and the whale sharks and pre in my previous life it's happened a few times so i'm definitely susceptible to those but anyway i kind of put a damper on top of things then it started to rain and rain for two or three days we were running out of water and based on situ the situation here on the island water is just not easily accessible a lot of these little island villages or what have you rely mostly on rain water so filling our tanks really wasn't an option we were running out of food so we headed back to town and basically stayed in the van street parking in the major part of town there for two or three days and so just really missed out on a lot of the stuff that we would have liked to see in here i kind of feel really sorry for snow because this right here is in her wheelhouse and a place she would have loved to explore unfortunately it didn't work out that way we even thought about staying a couple extra days but today was another rainy day so we decided to go ahead and scrap it we're going to be going to the beaches soon in the pacific anyway and so it seemed like the smart thing to do but while i was here in town i was able to meet a couple of locals and really cool i got some of the local stories i ate at this restaurant it's been in the family for 30 years met the beautiful people had the authentic food right there with the locals i met giovanni and he kind of explained the water situation on the island and some of the kind of the other behind the scenes and i know you guys are thinking well we're traveling to this amazing beautiful you know beach island with all these other islands why are you worried about the water and the infrastructure kurt and that is kind of part of our journey it's part of our background so i'm always curious about hearing about that but in any event they do have a lake on the island they pump the water down to the city they have a cesterno system which basically means it's not potable and not a super efficient way and so in the town they struggle with water but on the outskirts they definitely struggle and there was a lot of other things that we had questions about as we explored the island that we were able to get answers to which really kind of made it more of an authentic real experience for us other than just kind of coming in completely as tourists and sitting on the beach so i enjoyed that aspect but it was kind of a bum bum or the last few days there but i can't complain we're kind of living the life so we got quite a bit of driving today it's a little bit of a drive just to get here from sort of the rest of civilized panama so we're going to be going up through the mountains you're supposed to be some beautiful vistas and then on the other side there's a cool canyon river to explore so hopefully we can make it there today we're not sure that we have a place to stay tonight so that's going to add to the adventure today we'll have to see you'll figure it out just like we do so stick around let's go we've gotten off the ferry we've left the island we're on our drive towards our camp we got hungry a little street food it's not very good looking it's kind of looking greasy and fatty but we're hungry and it's a move-in day and a long drive today so so let's see how it goes on the way out of here i'll show you our glamorous restaurant location lunch wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be the ham was actually pretty tasty it was quick it's a bus stop is what it is so a lot of in and out nothing fancy but we're back on the road headed to our camp you guys have already seen this road so we're not really sharing it with you unless of course something interesting pops up other than that we'll see when we get to our camp so we made it over the big mountain pass we are coming down hard and fast on the other side it was very steep but it looks like we are about six minutes from where we hope to camp good morning guys if i'm being perfectly honest we've had a few struggles in panama you know we've already kind of discussed that we've been struggling a little bit to find fresh water it's certainly around but it's after being from costa rica probably more spoiled than anything but we came up over the mountain pass last night and there really wasn't any places to park for about two hours up over the mountains where it was nice and cool so we came back over town and ended up at this sort of old place where it looks like they used to have rodeos maybe an old rodeo arena or what have you and parked here in amongst the horses and the boys came out last night and trained them and broke them so that was actually pretty cool uh we ate at the restaurant last night had some good food the people were real nice the owner there bought us a beer and so that was cool but we're back in the heat again and so there's that and honestly we got to figure out what what our strategy is going to be for panama but enough complaining we've left our camp we've picked up a few groceries we are headed to the local swimming hole which we think is in a little mini slot canyon we're gonna see what it's like when we get there all right curt walks down and scoped it out this calls for floaties so it must be awesome down there this place is going to be really nice and relaxing this is the kind of place we need on a day like today it's hot it's humid and the water is cool and refreshing so let's go let's go all right got a few stairs but they don't look too bad oh just as i say that they start to get a little steeper i'm gonna put the camera away to finish the walk down guys but look at this fun place don't listen to what everyone else says take your time you're not their mess yeah you might not be at your best but it's fine i don't mind telling truths when you need to hear them and be kind when that's what you prefer how about when you can't see our way out help you fight and let you know feel the sun on your face and chill out on sundays don't take this the wrong way i'm on your side through the worst days i just have to say i miss my best friend seeing her smile how about when you can't you will get this somedays stop just hold on a minute this part is nearly finished you'll get a fresh start take a deep breath this is the only way you'll ever find out that it won't always be this way you will get there on someday on sunday so this river's been pretty amazing the water's nice and clear and cool we've been just floating down the river but now it's time for me to hike up there a little bit and see what's going on y'all didn't think y'all didn't think kirk could stay within a small little area like this well i got my new hiking or i got my uh open-toed hiking shoes on i had to wear these in the water in case i got some river crosses and i'm gonna bring my floatie in case i need to flip it out all right kurt's going exploring i'm gonna chill out here a little bit longer i'll probably work my way up to the van check on the kitties and wait on kurt to get back but this has been a super relaxing day oh oh to describe i'm in between i'm good and it's fine but i'm tired of the grind then i come alive in the night to realize i'm in the middle of the time of my life i'm never so packed for the stack never light on the back from the way that i write it to be real good to see me making movies but enough is oh oh our previous spot did not work out we came to david hoping we had a spot and we ended up at the tarpaul probably pronouncing that wrong gas station you can see it's raining there's a va and vin here which is for those of you familiar with wawa back in the u.s anyway it's kind of like a restaurant style convenience store um then actually they have some tasty videos for a convenience store they also have bathrooms and it's open 24 hours there's that but it is kind of by the main road it's not ideal but it's gonna work for the night we're gonna hunker down and get ready for some big plans tomorrow thanks as always for watching guys we appreciate you coming along the journey please please go over to our instagram channel and give us a follow over there and we will 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2021-08-29 07:30
