Panama

We arrived in Panama this morning which brought about some bitter sweet memories. I could see the bridge in the distance near where we stayed almost nine years ago.

It was when I started the Four Amigos blog and when we traveled with my sister, Linda, and Stan. We were the four amigos. My sister died last October and being here just brought some tears. We had plans to travel far and wide and we had many memories. My heart feels full with cherished memories but sometimes the sadness over powers that.

It looks like a beautiful morning to head to the monkey and sloth sanctuary.

We met our tour guide from Monkey Adventures at the terminal. It was a 6-hour tour to Monkey Island on Gatun Lake. We stopped at the Gamboa Raingorest Reserve briefly to use the facilities. What a spectacular view.

We arrived at Gatun Lake and boarded our boat.

The white-faced Capuchins came down to our boat. A little fellow took a grape from my hand.

We saw howler monkeys in a tree but couldn’t get a picture. I was kicking myself for not bringing my Nikon. Then we saw this cute little monkey called Geoffroy’s Tamarin.

He really liked to eat banana.

The yellow-flowered trees are Araguaney, which is the Venezuelan National tree. It only blooms for a short period of time.

Our tour guide took us to a sloth sanctuary.

These gals were rescued and will never live in the wild. One of the sloths kept pulling the blanket over her head so we couldn’t see her.

There was a butterfly garden with hummingbirds.

And a poison dart frog area.

It was a fun trip with Monkey Adventures and 10 other passengers.

And at the end of the day, a magnificent sunset!

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