It is meant to be a somber holiday, but it is really just an excuse for loud music and much drinking. The Panamanians we meet and speak with, deplore this behavior, but it is very common. The beach was crowded, and we had loud music in our complex until 4:00 AM. We will complain to the owner of the offending unit. He was not here, himself.
Today we sought to avoid the crowds and noise and went up to Altos.
We sat on our lot for a while, talking about our building plans. We need to emphasize the view, the light and the air, and minimize the problems caused by the small size of our house.
We stopped to visit Damani and Ife Soralpina. We might rent their apartment in February/March when our exchange couple from Goteborg are here. We would then be close to our construction in Altos. Damani and Ife are a great couple, a few years older than we are. We share our support for Obama and health care reform. We even have a friend in common from Howard university.
We visited with Audra and Jose, our next door neighbors in Altos.. We brought them some fish from our local fish coop.
We also brought some fish for Inez and Gil and took it up to them at their rental house. They showed us the plans that they will execute on a nearby lot. Construction should start in a few weeks. We helped them find the lot last year.
The four of us then stopped in to see Richard and Bella from Iowa. They have been working on their view home nonstop since we met them, and it reflects their efforts. Richard is a retired farmer and professor and Bella has an artistic flair.
Inez and Gil and Jayne and I then went to dinner at a local Chinese restaurant, where we witnessed some of the previously mentioned loud and drunken behavior. One of the crowd called out "China" to our waitress, not a favorable expression. She was very irritated. Her family has probably been in Panama since the French tried to build the canal.
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