Portabelo

Lilly lazing on the hammock in Portabelo.

Shells for sale. $5 for the large conc shells. I used to buy these in Key West in about 1955 for $.50

Clay learning fishing from his Dad.

John with Linda and Doug in front of the Church of the Black Christ. It is a carving of Jesus, shown as black. It is quite famous.

Our house where we stayed in Portabelo.

The bay in Portabelo, which was discovered by Columbus on one of his later excursions.

Portabelo was a significant fortification. Gold from the slave trade was stored here. The escaped slaves' descendants account for the darker skinned Panamanians on the Caribbean coast.

Lonnie and Stacia in the fort.

Caribbean Trip and More of December Holidays

I managed to make it to the dock and sit down before my timer took the picture. We are on a dock just outside a house we rented for two days near Portabelo, on the Caribbean coast. We planned to do some snorkeling in the clear water, but there was an ongoing light storm which stirred up the water, and we didn't get to snorkel. We did see fish and sting rays from the dock, and our family tried a lot of fishing,

We did a zip line for the first time. Very exciting and fun, but not a way to see nature.

Us, dressed up for a Christmas party. I wore my new $12 Panamanian shoes, not shown.

Clay taking to horseback riding on the beach like a regular cowboy.

The movie is of Lilly riding on the beach. The zip lining did not phase her, but she was concerned about the horse.