Gamboa is about 40 minutes outside of Panama City, and ideally we would go in once or at most twice a week. Lately, though, we've had so many logistics to take care of that David and I have been battling the chaos of the city nearly every day. Traffic jams, rude aggressive drivers, endless honking - we usually get lost at least once, start fighting with each other, and race home just in time to return to Gwen Wren before Graciela leaves.
This is a typical view of completely stopped traffic.
This Saturday we took Gwendolyn with us, and it was a much more relaxed trip. We did of course get stuck in gridlock. And get lost. But at least we were all together and we weren't racing against the clock. Gwendolyn started the trip like this (note her faithful friend).
A few hours of traffic and 1 cheese empanada later, she looked like this.
And finally like this.
Meanwhile David and I stayed in pretty good moods. David's driving is getting more and more Panamanian (read: effectively aggressive), we are beginning to learn our way around a bit better, and I kept us amused by taking pictures out of the window. It's hard to go wrong with ads like these - "the best of a man is in his interior" - indeed!
This is a typical view of completely stopped traffic.
This Saturday we took Gwendolyn with us, and it was a much more relaxed trip. We did of course get stuck in gridlock. And get lost. But at least we were all together and we weren't racing against the clock. Gwendolyn started the trip like this (note her faithful friend).
A few hours of traffic and 1 cheese empanada later, she looked like this.
And finally like this.
Meanwhile David and I stayed in pretty good moods. David's driving is getting more and more Panamanian (read: effectively aggressive), we are beginning to learn our way around a bit better, and I kept us amused by taking pictures out of the window. It's hard to go wrong with ads like these - "the best of a man is in his interior" - indeed!
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All that horrible traffic and that patient Gwen Wren. I hope you find a car soon!
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