We Love Visitors!

We are happy to announce that we have had 2 sets of visitors!  So exciting!  We were lucky to have the Aguilars and Shane visit for Thanksgiving, then we selfishly crashed Bridget & Jarod’s honeymoon and met them in Bocas del Toro.

Anna, Santiago, and Shane arrived and we were able to have a big Thanksgiving dinner along with some other friends from school.  Alex cooked a delicious meal (duh) but, unfortunately, wasn’t able to eat much of it.  He had gotten really sick (the most sick I’ve ever seen him!) earlier in the week and was still recovering on turkey day.  Luckily, there were plenty of leftovers and he definitely had his fill of tgiving goods.   

We headed out to San Blas for a couple days.  The boat ride to the island was really choppy and wet!  We were happy to arrive to the beautiful oasis and relax in the sun for a couple days. 

 

 

 

We decided to explore a little more of Panama so we headed back to the city.  We then ventured out to the Canal at the Gatun locks.  We were able to see the new locks that are being built and got up close and personal with some ships!

 

 

We then continued on to Portobelo and took a short boat taxi to a little secluded island for the rest of the day.  I was too relaxed to take any pictures at this point.  Sorry :).  Thank you Anna, Santiago, and Shane for your visit!!! So fun!

 

Shortly after the Aguilars, we headed off to meet up with the McCormicks!  They had been honeymooning in Nicaragua and Costa Rica so we decided it would only be natural to meet up in Panama. 

Unfortunately, it rained a lot, but that didn't stop us from riding bikes, taking the boat tour of the islands, snorkeling, searching for sloths, beaching it, having a jalapeño-eating contest (that didn't last long), and cheers-ing many umbrella drinks. 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, and Alex and Jarod attempted some body surfing. 

 

 

We had an awesome time with the newlyweds, and we thank them for allowing us to finish out their honeymoon with them, aka Friendmoon :).  You guys are the best!