The Panama Experience - part two

Sunrise as we head for the canal

As we were on our way back from our trip yesterday, I suggested to Nick we had a quick freshen-up and then take the shuttle bus into Panama City. It looked amazing and as per normal, I wanted to max out our time. We didn’t have to be back on the ship until 10pm, so we could see Panama at night. Awesome. “Let’s see how we feel when we get back” I am learning that what that actually meant was “are you utterly bonkers woman, all I’m good for is a lie down in a darkened room.” After several days of not being terribly hungry, it felt like yesterday I was hoovering up everything going. I think the heat and sheer sensory overload seem to do something to the brain that advises time-out is needed and you end up a bit weirded out. Sure enough, when we got back to the ship, even I was in agreement that the thought of going out into Panama City was indeed, a bonkers idea. Dinner was nothing to write home about (oh and here I am writing home about it) followed by a quiet night in. So much for my bright ideas of going out on the razz in the big City.

Bridge privilege

The big girl pants moment

It was a Glass House type of evening last night. Well, we hadn’t had our fix of the lovely Janice for a few days and she’s always a delight to interact with. Then off to dinner in the restaurant where, yet again, there was a commotion on our arrival. Not due to what either of us was wearing, (on this occasion) but a fantastic display from 10 or so Commersons dolphins leaping around not far from the ship. No one cared that their dinner was going cold, we simply couldn’t miss this bit of nature. No evening entertainment interested us, so a “quiet” night in was planned. But before that, after a fairly bland meal (for me), we decided to give Raffles a go, as it has to be said, I rather fancied another glass whilst watching the night finally close in. Book reading and series-watching features when we’re not doing the late-night entertainment. If you haven’t seen it, we’ve now finished watching Bad Sisters. It’s dark humour and gleefully murderous. So our quiet nights in now are watching the series This is Going to Hurt.