mis experiencias

Inicialmente cuando llegamos a Panamá no pienso que la cuidad sería bien. Mi papá dice cosas que me preocupé sobre. También no pienso que mi familia le gustaría yo y quería a salir rápido para mi casa en los Estados Unidos. Ahora la situación es completamente diferente. No quiere salir Panamá. Me encanta la cuidad y la gente. Todo está feliz. Las personas que tienen dinero y las personas que tienen nada en Panamá demuestra que no hay un razón para no ser feliz. La gente tiene música y baile en su sangre y son contenta. Aprendí ser feliz. Hay personas que tienen menos de yo y están contenta. Vida es corto y necesita ser feliz.
También aprendí que juventud no tiene un edad. Hay juventud en los jóvenes y adultos. Los jóvenes tienen divertir en las discotecas, playas y deportes específicamente fútbol con sus amigos. En las discotecas ambos bailan con alegre y con un pasión.
Sin embargo pienso que la gente, especialmente las taxistas, son un poco grosero. Cuando estoy en las tiendas personas no dice perdón, permiso o lo siento. Para mi es extraño porque en los Estados Unidos es un parte de nuestras gestos. Es una experiencia cuando los hombres silban y fija y no es importante que ellas tienen novios o esposos también. Aprendí que es un parte de la cultura con el donjuanismo y si los hombres no silban hay algo mal con tú. Pero para una mujer que no sabe la cultura completamente es un poco difícil par comprende.
Los taxis están una experiencia que yo nunca olvidaré. el primer tiempo que toma solo tuvo problemas hallazgo mi casa y tuvo miedo. Aprendí que no hay leyes en el calle. Cuando tú quieres ir tú vas. Pienso que es un poco peligrosos pero la gente está bien con eso.
Después de todo yo quiero regresar a Panamá. Me encanta la cuidad, la gente y mi familia. Mi familia es muy amable y ayudarme mucho en mi tiempo aquí. En los Estados Unidos no tengo hermanos y es interesante tiene hermanos pero me gusta. Me gusta las discotecas y el amor para fútbol. Mi experiencia aquí es uno que quiero repite pronto.

Los Cunas

Durante este fin de semana nosotros visitamos los cunas. Los cunas son un grupo de indígena que existen un Panamá hoy. Los cunas no llama a la isla San Blas porque San Blas es el nombre de todo de los indígenas que vivieron en la área. Yo aprendí que no hay una problema con crimen en la isla y no tienen problemas con el acceso del agua. Dos o tres tiempos un mes tienen un cuidad reunión y hablan sobre cosas que son importante. La clima es el mismo todo el tiempo con el viento y el sol. La isla tiene 3 iglesias y cada día a las 6 de la tarde ellos si quieren atender iglesia. La isla de los cunas tiene una escuela pare los niños. Los niños aprenden cuna primero y español segundo. La escuela en la isla se acerca al 6 grado y después los niños tienen que ir al otra isla más de escolaridad.
En el principio los cunas fueron un poco tímido pero curioso al mismo tiempo. Después de un poco tiempo la timidez desparecido. Los cunas que podía hablar Español estaban ansiosos para hablar con nosotros. Los niños constantemente saludaron y hicieron "Hola". Las niñas estaban fascinada por mi pelo. Los cunas le gustan el turismo también y los hombres no trabajan.
La mujer es muy importante en la cultura de los cunas. Cuando una mujer recortes su pelo hay un gran celebración. también las mujeres son las únicas personas que llevaran los vestidos tradicionales. También el hombre viene a vivir con la familia de la esposa cuando se casan.

My Weekend

Ok so lemme tell u bout my weekend in San Blas...wow where to start. Ok so we had to take a lil prop plane for a 1/2 hr 45min flight over to San Blas. Like the plane looked like it glided more then flew lol...After that we took a 20min boat ride to the island. Where we greeted by some Cunas. Very nice. Our "lodgings" were lil cabanna hut type thingys and Shai and I would have the one attached to the generator so that @ 10 or whenever they decided to cut the power ours went too...LOVELY!!! So when we got their we had breakfast which I'm sooo glad that Sra. Elle had made me pancakes before I left because breakfast was corn tortilla thingys( it's hard to describe them) with a piece of ham and a slice of cheese cut in half lol wow. Thank GOD there was pan(bread). We tore that stuff up. Next we sat around talking or hanging out in the hamocks until lunch. Which was barely anything either. You know those baby shrimp that get mixed into salads ya well we had that.....with a lil salad and somethin else I can remember. ANd for dessert 4 slices of cantalope. Needless to say everyone was still hungry.
After lunch we headed over to the island where the majority of the Cunas lived. We were there for 2 hours just walking around and talking to them. I got to buy some really nice molas and one of the wrap braceletts that the woman wear. It was interesting learning about their culture. SIDEBAR: If you wanna know more just read my Spanish post(just copy and paste in microsoft word, right click and select translate. it'll be rough but you'll get the point). Next back to the main island where we were staying where we were practically drooling waiting for dinner.
Now dinner....Ok i don't know what dinner was. It was so mixed seafood...squid and octopus or something....i could still see the suckers. So needless to say I was just eating the veggies...Now I did try it but it wasn't going down right. Once again save by pan lol. After dinner the majority of us ended up playing cards...and I learnd how to dance Salsa..thanks to our professor...and surprise surprise I'm not that bad @ it!! and I like it.
So sleeping...or lack there of it. I think I got 4hrs top cuz I was paranoid that the cabanna was going to blow over cuz it was soooo windy. And the insect net we kept over us had me thinking it was an insect.
Day 2: I was revived by the fact that breakfast was PANCAKES and Scramble eggs!!!! SO so SOoo happy lol...the beginning to a great day. Afterwards we headed to another island where I decided to give snorkling a try......well I think that was my first and last attempt...First not a strong swimmer and panicking from the seaweed is not a real good combo. So i staying in the shallows for the rest of the time we were there. Which wasn't as bad as you think once the sun decided to come out. We headed back to the main island for lunch. Which was also good being chicken and rice...But we discovered there was no more pan :(...Everybody was upset bout that lol. I headed on the main island while some people went back to the Cuna Island. Basically just hung around till dinner. Which wasn't too bad...It was some king of fish. But it wasn't overcast and I could actually see the stars(saw Orion's belt). The night concluded with more cards and some dancing with the Cunas that worked on the island.
But I was actually able to sleep through the night and woke up to my alarm. Which I was too happy to wake up to and start packing. Don't get me wrong it's a nice place but it's just not for me. It's boring and too much roughing it. It was cool for a day I couldn't imagine staying there for more than 2 days. After a less than satisfying breakfast we got on our boat that would take us to the landing strip for our 930 flight...which didn't get there till 1030. After getting our bags it was a consensus to go to Pizza Hut. Where for the first time since Thursday I felt full..sooo good.
After getting home I waited for my mom and sister to get home from a birthday party and they took me to Casco Viejo so I could finish up my shopping for people. SO now the rest of my night will be doing hw and catching up on reading as I head into my last week in Panama

La cultura popular de Panamá

La cultura de Panamá es muy interesante. Hay cosas muy distintivas y otras son una mezcla. Una cosas muy tradicional es la pollera. La pollera se debe a conquistadores españoles. No es posible a comprar una en una tienda. Todas de las polleras ha hecho a mano. Mujeres en la provincia de Los Santos específicamente hacen polleras muy hermoso. Las polleras tomar un largo tiempo para completar y para este razón son muy caras. Hay polleras diferentes depende de la región. Por ejemplo las polleras de las Congas, de coquito, marcada y la montuna ocueña. También hay tembleques que adoran el cabello y collares de oro. La belleza de las polleras, se muestra el Domingo de Carnaval y el 22 de julio para el Día Nacional de la Pollera. Los hombres tienen un traje tradicional que se ajuste las polleras de las mujeres.

Carnaval es una gran fiesta para 4 a 5 cinco días en Panamá. Todo del país participa en Carnaval. La fecha los cambio porque Carnaval es 40 días antes de semana santa de cristianismo. El mejor lugar para celebra Carnaval es Las Tablas. Allí hay una tradición entre los dos partes rivales en la cuidad, Calle Arriba y Calle Abajo. Los dos tienen una reina y luchan con un desfile diferente cada día de Carnaval. También el gobierno mantiene estrados para salsa, merengue y otros tipos de baile y canción. Sábado por la mañana es el dís de Mojadura cuando la multitud con agua.

Thursday= jueves

Well today was a good day. It was a regular day of classes and watnot except for my second class we did some type of dancing. I'm sure exactly what it was but my teacher was pretty excited about it. Besides it helped to pass the time and made the class go by faster. Like I said I couldn't tell you what it was because to me it seemed to be 2 steppin with some drums and occasional violin. But to each their own right.
Afterwards Shai and I headed to the mall. Finally got to see the other half of it because the last time we never finished it because it's so big and the time I went with my bro and sis it was just to go see the movie. I have to say I don't think I did too much damage. Just got some earrings and a couple rings. I don't know why I'm soo interested in rings now either because I can remember I couldn't stand them when I was younger. Except for those ring pops and that was just because it was candy probably. Oh and another thing that's different here is that the mall closes at 8 and PROPMPTLY!!! that's probably the one thing that isn't run on cptime here. They had their stores locked up. Which brings us to another situation. So Shai and I are trying to leave the mall and get a taxi. No problem you would thing. We have plenty of enough time to go back home and head to the club and get their by 10 1030 latest. WRONG!!! we stood outside for a good 1/2 hr 45 mins trying to get a taxi. Everybody said no and one guy actually laughed @ Shai. Finally I called my host mom and she came to pick us up and drop us off.
So by this time its like 945. I'm rushing to get ready and only have like this lil bowl of rice cuz I'm expecting Shai any moment wit the taxi. She gets to my host a lil b4 1030 and the taxi driver was telling Shai that he didn't have time to take us to the club. In my mind I'm thinking this can't be right I know that her family had called up the taxi and told them they were coming to get me and then take us to the club. So I just sat in the taxi and Shai told us to take us to another taxi cuz he wasn't even going to do that. Well he didn't do that and ended up just taking us to the club which is like above a parking garage.
We get their and Matteo and his host sister end up showing up the same time as we do so we go in together and since we ended up getting there like 11 we ended up having to pay $5 cuz the list closed a lil before we got there. Whatever. But I actually like this discoteca. It was real upscale classy kinda place. We got on the list cuz it was one of the girl's, Christine, host brothers bday. So this famous Panamanian rapper shows up I guess he sings one of the songs I like but he can't sing AT ALL!!! horrible horrible. Shai and I looked at each other and were like we're leaving soon. I mean everybody in the club was just staring at each other or talking no really paying attention to the guy. SO we end up leaving around 1. Somehow manage to find taxis and head back to the house . Where I will be getting 5 hours of sleep before having to wake up @ 630 to get the university by 730 and catch our 930 flight to San Blas...this should be interesting...

Teaching

Today was my last day of teaching...tear...it was also probably one of the craziest. The boys were off the wall...Actually it was just Juan Carlos. He through down a whole box of crayons, and was making all these noises and being really disruptive. One of the other girls put him in time out for like 5mins cuz we couldn't get anything done because he starting distracting the other boys. Oh we had a new addition to our class. This lil girl was too cute she reminded me of Hello Kitty or Mini Mouse or somethn. She was just always smiling and tried to participate right away. Gives me hope of actually wanting my own some day. But besides Juan Carlos acting up it was a pretty uneventful teaching day. It's just wierd that the 2 weeks of teaching are done. It just makes me realize that my time here is coming to a close and I don't wanna leave. I'm in love with Panama. The weather, the people, the fact that things aren't crazy expensive like at home. Plus since there's such a mix of people and cultures I don't feel weird here like there's not a problem with racism or anything. Everyones for the most part accepted. SOooo I've decided that somehow I'll be back here whether it's for carnaval(which I WILL be returning for) or a vacation or to have like a summer home or somethin I will be back
Classes were much of the same. And I'm getting a lot more confident speaking wise and I can pick up people's conversations now like I would if they were in English(yay me I know). But i'm looking forward to tomorrow shai and i are going to the mall again, but it's the bigger one, wish u were here mom we'd have a blast shopping all day lol. Afterwards I don't know what I'm going to do. Probably be @ GURU again unless someone gets us in for free somewhere else which would b a good look. Anyways more later ciao!

Los niños

Que una experiencia con los niños. Nosotros ensenamos a una escuela bilingüe. Yo con tres compañeras tenemos estudiantes de K-2 grado. El primer día fue interesante porque nosotros no conocemos los niños y al mismo para los niños. Fue difícil porque nosotros no conocemos a cual nivel todos estaban. Fue una día de sendero y error. Uno chico gritó y fue tranquila por todo el día. Tenemos problemas porque no tenemos todas las herramientas para conseguir nuestros puntos a través de los niños. También yo aprendido que niños no tienen un atención más grande y necesitan cosas en muchos partes pequeños. Para yo fui una problema porque usualmente no tengo mucho contacto con niños y fui difícil cuando ellos prestan atención especialmente con el primer día cuando yo no tuve un idea acerca de la forma en que responderá a mí.
Con cada día las clases mejoraron. Después de averiguamos cómo mantener sus atenciones cosas tienes más fácil. Tenemos actividades de visuales, colorido y repetición. Los niños aprendieron sobre los colores, los números, parte del cuerpo, los ABC's y hoy "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."
Descubrí que los chicos necesitan más ayudar y necesitan atención. Quieren jugar y no prestan atención todo el tiempo. Las chicas quieren aprender todo el tiempo. Cuando un hombre adulto entró la clase los chicos pagado una mejor atención. A veces me puedo ver como ellos pensando que están concentrado en las palabras. Es increíble. La satisfacción en que yo ayudo un niño aprende algo es fantástico.

Monday or lunes en español

Today was my teaching day. We did activities surrounding "the Very Hungry Caterpillar"and it went great. One of the smoothest classes yet if I do say so myself. I made this lil day by day book about what he ate and wat not, 2 color activities and a marshmellow activity so they could make their own caterpillar. I can't believe I have one more day of teaching. This is going so fast.
It was another day of classes and both were doable today. Surprise Surprise. Afterwards Shai and I headed back to mutil centro and i got them... The shoes which I am currently in love wit, and I got a tee. Now i'm bac and doing work for classes. Seems like such a short day. Which means one less day in Panama not cool.

Love has a name now lol

My weekend

Sooo I had the most relaxing weekend. i decided to stay home with the fam instead of going out on some trip like some of the other ppl in the group did. Friday Shai and I went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. What we didn't realize was that there was a lil mall inside in the same area. Amazing but by the time we got there it was almost 8 and the stores closed @ 9 so we did a lil power shopping. I got dad some things and got myself some stuff but was determined to get these shoes but would have to return due to the fact that the store was closed. So we went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. AMAZING!!!! i didnt realize how much i missed american food...It was soo freaking good like i cant explain. me & shai were so happy after leavn there.
Saturday i went to casco viejo con mi familia. And of course wouldnt u know that it rained that day soo not cool. But i got in some shopping of course. Got some stuff for u mom and finally for me. though i couldnt find the one thing that i want now. a red coral ring. the one store that had it of course was either 2big or 2 small and it had a matching bracelet. But i cant find it anywhere else so i think i mite just have to go get it. When we got back i went to the movies wit my bro &sis to see "I am Legend" Good stuff ps the movie is inside the mall so ill def have to go back and check it out lol....
Sunday we went searching again for my red ring with no success. Afterwards we went to my mom's sisters house for a bbq. GoOd food lemme tell u. I had to take a lil siesta cuz it was hot and i just ate...well u know how it goes... but ya good times. that's all i really did..till next time

Los jóvenes

Los jóvenes de Panamá son como los jóvenes de los Estados Unidos. Les gusta fiestas, deportes y amigos. Aquí en Panamá las discotecas son muy populares. Guru es una nueva discoteca en Calle Uruguay, cada jueves por la noche es la noche para las damas. Este noche las damas no necesitan pagar hasta once. Hay filas largas para entrar y en su interior está repleto de jóvenes y de sus amigos. Las discotecas son muy interesante y siempre uno se divierte. También aquí la mayoria de edad es 18 años y es diferente de los Estados Unidos.
Los deportes son muy importante también. Mi hermano y sus amigos les encantan fútbol. Cada miércoles ellos juegan fútbol con otros chicos. Ellos pagan para el campo y juegan por 2 horas.

Numero 8, Juan Roman Riquelme juega para Argentina y es el jugador favorito de mi hermano. Una cosa que él y mi hermana tienen en común con los jóvenes de Panamá es el amor a la playa. Muchos jóvenes les encanta la playa, especialmente ahora en el verano. Les gustan el sol y muchos van a la playa con amigos los fin de semana y disfrutan de la arena y surf.

2 week marker

its official ive now been here for 2 weeks!!! that just seems crazy to me...cuz it feels like just the other day i was packing and getting ready to come here. i have to say that im really enjoying myself and besides the whole stomach problem its been a great trip and learning experience.
oh ps i did great on my exam lol

lunes

Today didn't start off to go. I went to bed with an upset stomach and today I woke up with a worse one. It was so painful I didn't think I was going to make it to class today but I knew I had to go because it was my first day of teaching and I had some of the materials that we needed to teach. Isabel, she works here..comes in the morning and does housework, called my host mom and she said my host mom wanted me to stay home but I said I had to go and I'd just get through the day as best as I could. So I get to the school where we're supposed to teach and found out that K-2 was being combined into one class and there's still only 4 kids.
I found that I def am not teacher material. It's very stressful in a way because they're little kids to begin with and your trying to teach them english and they just don't have the attention span for it. The 2 hrs went by faster than I thought they would and now that we know where they are it should hopefully be easier from here on out.
When we were done I found that my host mom had called Julio, he's another guy in charge here, who got in contact with Jorge and they wanted me to go to the hospital. I guess they wanted to make sure that everything really was ok but I felt it was a lil much. When I got to school I found out I wasn't the only one feeling off that day. A couple of the other kids were feeling sick so I know it wasn't just me, but my professor,Jorge, had gotten sick while we were in the mountains and said at most it should just be a 24hr thing...we'll see. But I made it through the rest of classes and am just taking it easy for the rest of the night and catching up on work...hasta luego

Mi artefacto

Mi artefacto fue una tinaja. Una tinaja es un recipiente de barro. La finalidad de las tinajas de agua ha de celebrar. Cuando el agua está en las tinajas el agua mantenga fresco. También no para el agua agua solamente. Usan para bebidas y frutas también.
Las personas que usan las tinajas estan los negros, indios, indígenas y los campesinos tambien.
Las tinajas son de talles differentes dependiendo de su ultilizacion. Los varios en color y detalles representa y es para la naturaleza. Las tinajas se siguen utilizando hoy.

edificios

Este es un ejemplo de barroco. Hay muchas detalles a la superior del edificio. Esto edificio es importante porque es un banco ahora ubicado en Plaza Bolívar.

Este edifico es un ejemplo de Renacimento. Es muy sencilla y tiene simetría. También hay un percepción geometría y proporción.

Esto edificio es un ejemplo de neoclacisismo . Es una ejemplo de neoclacisismo porque tiene pillares, relieves y tallas en la parte superior. En este manera representa la influencia griega. Este edificio es en la Plaza de Francia.

El campo

Javier

la naturaleza de las montañas

Durante el tiempo cuando nosotros somos en las montañas hablé con Javier. Él trabaja para una familia y dueño de una casa en el campo. Javier le gusta vivir aquí en el campo. Es muy tranquilo, aire fresco y no hay mucho contaminación. Habló sobre la hermosura de las montanas especialmente la india dormida y la leyenda sobre ella. En las montanas no hay problemas con el agua. Durante el verano los niveles de agua caída un poco pero es bien. La comida allí es muy caro porque la comida es transporte allí de áreas lejos.
Con la educación hay dos escuelas, uno por primaria e el otro por secundario. En general él dice que el gente termina escuela primaria y clases se producen durante el noche especialmente para los adultos. Si quieren más educación necesitan ir a las ciudades.
En el campo no hay mucho policía.

La Cuidad

Las personas en la cuidad de Panamá tienen semejanzas sobre que piensas de sus cuidad. Cuando yo pregunto mi hermano dice que la área acerca de la casa a uno tiempo fue agradable pero ahora no es eso. Hay mucho trafico en la cuidad y problemas con el trafico incluyendo la contaminación y el ruido. Dice que el gobierno tiene planes para ayuda la situación con fuentes y otras ideas pero el gobierno es muy despacio y el gente sufre. Él prefiere estar a la playa porque es muy tranquilo y le gusta surfing. También él cree que la construcción y los edificios nuevos no son para los panameños pero es para los extranjeros. Esto es un problema porque las cosas nuevos necesitan por los panameños en su opinión.

Cuando yo pregunté Jaime a la UTP sobre educación él tiene mucho información. Dice que los colegios públicos son gratis pero los colegios privados tienen diferentes costes en función de la universidad. También Jaime habla sobre la cuidad. Dice que no cuesta mucho para vivir aquí. La mayoría de cosas son baratas. Sin embargo habla sobre el trafico también. Él piensa que hay una problema con el trafico también. Es un falta de villas pero cree que la solución es en el construcción de fuentes.

Valle de Anton

Sooo this weekend was amazing. We went to the mountains for our weekend excursion and had this entire lil hotel to ourselves. It so tranquil and peaceful up there a complete 360 from the city. It was relaxing and was such a tease cuz I really didn't want to leave and I don 't think anybody else did either. The owner Alexis was so excited about his menu everyday. He made the stay that much better. It had a pool, hot tub, sauna and just so much open space it was wonderful. The first day when we got there was just really a chill day and I was excited cuz I got to riding, but it wasn't a serious ride cuz it was in a western saddle and the horses really weren't trained but whatever we still had a good time. That night we just all hung out had a good time and played some spades. It's nice during the day but at night it can get a bit chilly.
Day 2. This is where it gets interesting. So this is the day of the hike. I was told that it was gonna be like an easy 2-3hr hike nothing serious you know.....WRONG WRONG WRONG....i thought I really wasn't gonna make it up that mountain....it was a straight incline bascially with loose rock so uneven footing...plus it was hot and all i could think was please dont let my asthma come back right now...but mom you'd be proud i made it up to the top and ill be putting up pics to prove it...that was quite an accomplishment lemme tell u...after that ii got in the pool for a bit.
Then a few of us went to the serpenteria anf i held 2 snakes(there will be picks to prove this as well lol)....after that I went riding again but it wasn't as fun as the first day probably cuz there was a lot more people and the dad wouldn't let me ride like i wanted to but whatever. I wrapped up the day with more cards and learned how to play rummy(i dont know how to spell it)
Day 3. Unfortunately we had to come back today. A few of us decided that we wanted to go to the hot springs and check it out. All i can say is good thing we didn't walk because I would've been pissed. It wasn't what i thought it was going to be at all...there was just concrete walls everywhere i thought it was going to be more natural....so the owner(cuz he drove us there) took us for a lil ride and showed us some things it was fun....afterwards we got back and i finally got the hot water to work...so excited bout that!!! and i just chilled by the pool for the rest of the day and did some work.
After leaving the hotel we went into the town a bit and did some shopping youll have to wait and see those...well thats all for today now i gotta do hw and get ready for my first day of teaching

Tuesday

Today didn't really do too much. I tried yuca, it's a type of fruit, for breakfast. Isabel made it by frying it in oil. It kinda reminds me of home made french fries you know with the texture and everything but it was good. I liked it. Then I had 4 hours of classes that was fun. OHH and I didn't get sick from the cafeteria food today. YAY!!! I gues I'm getting adjusted now. After school my brother took me to get some ice cream and we just talked for awhile which was nice. Now I'm just trying to do the readings for tomorrow nothing special. Tomorrow we go to the museum in the morning and then classes.

El canal de Panama y Portobelo

Fuimos a el canal de Panamá. Las personas empezaron trabajar en 1904. Hay ciertos momentos en los que los barcos tienen la oportunidad a pueden viajar atreves del canal. A las cinco en la mañana a doce de la tarde es norte obligado trafico e a doce de la tarde a las cinco es sur obligado trafico. también los barcos no son permiten atreves del canal a la noche porque es muy peligroso. Para nosotros no necesitamos preocupar que hay otras barcos porque la Reina Pacifica fue pequeña y cuando en el canal no necesitan la ayudar de las máquinas porque de el talle de la barco. Pues, las murallas del canal son de concreto y son 65 pies de esperor. Esto es porque no conocen cuanto tiempo duraría la material.

Hay una otras reglas en el canal. Necesita pagar un pasaje para entrar. El pasaje más alto fue 250 000 dolares en 2007. Tambien los barcos necesitan un piloto de Panamá quien se hace cargo de los barcos mientras que en el canal. Ahora empiece un otro canal a lado del canal presente.


Portobelo



Portobelo es una cuidad pequeño en Panamá. Fue usar para el intercambio de mercancías. Especialmente la plata. Usa la geografía para protección. Este lugar tiene problemas en la forma de muchos ataques por Sir Francis Drake, Sir Henry Morgan y piratas pero continua a sobrevivir.

Ahora Portobelo tiene ruinas de las antiguas fortalezas y una iglesia mas importante.
La iglesia de el Cristo Negro es interesante. Cada año a el 21 de Octubre Portobelo tiene un procesión a la iglesia para recuerda y honor este Cristo. Acerca de la iglesia hay personas quien quieren vender amuletos, cruces y otras cosas sobre el Cristo Negro. También hay otros puestos que quieren vender recuerdos.

la iglesia de Cristo negro

Hoy

Today we went to the beach...it was called Gorgona. another 630 am wakeup to be at the school @ 8...it sucks cuz i cant seem to fall asleep on the bus which is strange because u know how i can usually fall asleep anywhere. My host sister, Zoraya, came with me too. It was an all day trip thats for sure but it was fun...im exhausted now from all that sun. we didnt get back till like 6 or something...so im not going anywhere tonight. I just washed my hair and thats probably all my excitement for 2nite...my brother&sister have to go back to school tomorrow cuz their vacation is over....we till late nite

Back tracking

Looking into the canal from the museum

me @ the continental divide

Ladies in tradtional dress

Heyy mom~
Ok so this first post is just for you...I'm backtracking a day to tell you about the Panama Canal. So I had to wake up muy temprano(very early) to get to the school for an 8am departure. Ya not so fun i guess it's a good thing i stayed in. Guess my stomach got something rite...anyways so we get to the canal and then have to take this lil tour bus thingy on a 40min ride all the way to the other side so I tried to catch some sleep that way. Get there and we get on this boat thats supposed to take us through the canal its called th Pacific Queen...we get served lunch yadayada right...but you'll never guess who i saw...I don't know if you rememeber her, but Sawyer Kimball we used to go to school together and I see her on the boat with her school. I mean what are the chances that we'd see each other all the way in Panama right. It makes the world seem that much smaller.

And you know how I have my INROADS bag with me, well this other kid on the boat was like "Oh you're in INROADS. I'm applying and from Mass." I mean how strange is that 2 ppl just like that amazing lol.

Ok so bac to the Canal...it was interesting because they we talking bout how everything was done by hand and how they dammed the river to make this artificial lake that we were riding through. How the Canal is only one way @ a time from 5am-12am its Northbound traffic and 12-5p its southbound traffic and when u actually get into the canal there's only 2 feet of space on either side of these huge boats. Heres a lil video of one of the boats

So the only reason that we were allowed to be in the "cut"as they call was because we were such a small ship that we didn't pose any danger. Oh and they don't allow any travel at night because its too dangerous.. but to travel through the canal companys pay thousands of dollars and they have to have a canal pilot on board.

Shai and I got a pic on the boat I'll show you when i get home and I got grandpa a Panama Canal hat. The trip through the canal took about 4 hrs more or less to keep through...And we went through a system of lockes that gradually brought us down to level.

Mi familia en Panama

Cuando estoy en Panamá tengo un familia fantástico. Mi familia tiene 6 personas incluyendo yo ahora. Mi mama, Zoraya de Yau. Quien es un bien bailarina de salsa dice mi hermano. También es muy amable y quiere que yo aprendo mucho. Mi padre es un ingeniero y es compasivo sobre la historia de Panamá. Él es protector de mi hermana y yo también.


Ahora yo tengo dos hermanos. Es diferente para yo porque en los Estados Unidos soy la unica hija de mis padres. Tengo un hermano se llamo José. José es mi hermano mejor y tiene 23 años. Él le gusta jugar fútbol y una día quiero mirar mi hermano. También él toca la guitarra muy bien y le gusta música americana como sublime e Alicia Keyes. Dice que él piensa que los jóvenes escuchan a la música más y es porque las americanas esta en Panamá para un tiempo. José es un estudiante también y aprenda arquitectura.

También tengo una hermana también, se llama Zoraya. Ella es mi hermana meñor y esta amable y habla mucho con yo. Le gusta ir al giminasio para mantene en forma, habla a el telefono con sus amigo y mi padre dice que ella siempre esta en la internet. Si es posible ella quiere estar a la playa todo el tiempo.

La familia no es completo sin Brandon. Brandon es el perro de la famila. Él es un cockerspaniel y tiene 7 años. Brandon me recuerda a mi perra porque él siempre quiere comer todo el tiempo.

Es mi familia de Panama. Yo se que ellos se preocupan por mi y se preocupan por ellos.