After nearly a two-month stay in Panama, we finally realized that Panama is not even a country of contrasts but a country of light absurdity … To be brief… holy crap.
At a dead calm,
thunderstorms break out.
After rather a frightful evening,
a beautiful night falls.
In the streets of Panama City, there are stalls selling gold.
There are demonstrations in the streets.
Passers-by hide from Panamanian demonstrations in shops and watch live TV broadcasts.
You can sing with American Indians in this city.
And feast your eyes on girls passing by.
Ask a policeman a bike for a ride.
And decipher a message of dancing men.
Well, you can stop looking at the American Indians, like, you are fed up with them …
As for the architecture (it’s Lena who told me to write something smart), the style of Panama City is various.
It can be old.
It can be modern.
Or even in layers.
Sometimes it’s heavily twisted.
And sometimes it’s exquisite Gothic.
Sometimes it’s shabby.
Sometimes it’s perfectly clean.
Sometimes it’s the sea.
Sometimes it’s a piece of the jungle.
Moreover, there are herons in Panama City.
And flowers are growing.
One can find our countrymen here (lately, we’ve been suspiciously lucky to meet them), this time from St. Petersburg.
Maxim and Natalya are representatives of the good old St. Petersburg intelligentsia. Unfortunately, such people are no longer found today.
They’ve been living on a boat for five years already, where they came with the Sleeping Beauty.
And where they gave birth to a Princess.
Lena who missed the female society badly could not be stopped. I had a lot to talk about with Max, too.
When we were neither seeing the sights of Panama City nor keeping company with new friends, we teased pelicans.
We practiced rowing.
We made pineapple jam.
Moreover, Panama City has got Everything!
Mahogany costs about $7 per inch board (those who know will understand my and Sergei’s indignation!!!). By the way, that’s where real people build boats of mahogany. The material is practically free and skillful craftsmen working with mahogany don’t charge a lot. Max has seen those boats and still speaks of them with delight. Anybody wanna place a contract? We’ll help you, but think quickly while we’re here.
And most important!!!! We’ve bought a precious cord for 15 bucks and now we can monitor the GLONASS satellites again!
