We returned home from the Las Lejas around 1PM on Saturday and were expected at Rudy’s house around 2 PM for dinner. Rudy, a family friend, lives part-time in Boquete with his aging mother and part-time in New York. They have a small coffee plantation and a beautiful house high in the mountains above boquete.

We left Rudy’s house around 8:30PM and drove to Carolina’s house, that she and her, architect, husband designed and built. They were having a small party and had invited us – seeing the house with the meditative garden was a real treat – the house was beautiful.

The next morning, Sunday February 18, Sofia, Sela and I went to a meditative yoga class that was being held in the upstairs space of the Morton Bakery that we had gone to a couple of days ago. After the yoga class we went to the market district of Boqueta to shop – Arjelis father and cousins were coming over for dinner.

After we got home from shopping Sela and borrowed one of Kirt;s cars, the Nissan Pathfinder, and went out to lunch and procured 3 roasted chickens for dinner that night. On Kirt’s recommendation we went to this little place on the river – it was good.

Cenzio and Quetzal
The next morning Monday, February 19, Arjelis, Sela, Sofia, one of her friends, Cristhian, Roco and myself went on hike. This trail was full of pipes bringing water down from the mountains to a treatment plant for Boquete. Even though this is habitat for the Quetzal a sighting is rare – but Cristhian sighted one and pointed it out – what a beautiful bird.