One last trip...

We're down to less than a week left here in Panama and we've decided to go out with yet another beach excursion. This weekend we're off to Kuna Yala the autonomous region of the indigenous Kuna people. We'll be spending Sunday and Monday on Franklin's Island here in Panama. Apparently it's nothing more than a bamboo hut on a white sand spit, a few palm trees and a lot of turquoise water. Our three meals a day will be delivered by Elixto Franklin, the Kuna owner of the island, and his family. We expect fish, a bit of fish and perhaps some fish. Panama beaches have been our absolute favourite part of our time here. Stay tuned for more photos and Max and Zella's reaction to being stranded on a true desert island.

Hellooo? Anyone still out there??

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. It's been more than two months since I've updated this and so much has happened. Perhaps that's part of the reason I haven't blogged....who wants to hear the minutiae of our upside down lives?

Here's the update in a nutshell.

We went home to Canada for an AMAZING summer vacation. Rob's job in Canada couldn't extend his leave of absence for him to continue working with the UN so we made the difficult decision to return to Ottawa. In retrospect this is wonderful. We miss home. We want to go back to Ottawa. Badly. We get our dog back. Our house back. Our family and friends back. Siiiigh. :)

We're in Panama until October and then will move back to Ottawa to enjoy the Fall colours. In our last few weeks here we've been beach trekking every weekend and are taking in all the turquoise water, tidal pools and sea shells we can. Man, will we miss the beach. The above photos are a mix of what made our Canadian summer vacation so poignant and our last few weeks here in Panama so special.