More Portobelo

Last Saturday we ventured out to the Caribbean side with our friends Beth & Ryan:

 

 

 

 

 

Alex has already had the pleasure of going out there, but us working class folk had to wait for the weekend.  It actually works perfectly because he scopes it all out and then he's our tour guide! We headed out Saturday morning, not before stopping at the grocery store, El Rey, to pick up our 12 pack of Balboa which came with a dry-fit Balboa t-shirt!  Pretty sweet.  We went back to the beach that Alex had blogged about earlier, right before you get to Portobelo. On the weekends they make you pay for parking and for a covered table.  The beach was filled with locals and everyone was having a great time, enjoying the beautiful sunshine.  We went for a little walk and the boys found some little crabs and tried to catch them.

 

 

The water is so incredibly warm. Almost too warm!  We had a great time playing around with our sweet water-proof camera that my WCH friends got us (thanks guys!!)

 

 

We saw the clouds roll in and it started getting really dark.  It then started pouring rain but no one seemed to care at all.  Everyone went about their business, continuing to drink their beers in the ocean, play soccer, and walk along the beach.  It was so awesome to swim in the rain!

 

 

 

We hung out there for a while and decided to head toward Portobelo.  We stopped at a restaurant along to way to enjoy some ceviche. While sitting on the deck, watching the dive boat come in, I looked over a saw a University of Puget Sound shirt. WhAT?!  We got to talking to the guy and his aunt has worked at UPS for 11 years (she was there too!) in the cafeteria, and he owns and runs the dive school at the restaurant. She was very excited to meet a fellow Logger.

We continued on to Portobelo and walked around the town.  Everyone was super friendly and the town was beautiful.  People were out and about, some playing soccer, some playing live music, and others just hanging around.  We snapped some photos of the gorgeous sunset and headed back home.  Successful day with our new friends!