Panama Update #82
November 9, 2008
I am writing this from our new apartment. The internet is working fine here, which will help Nikki a lot with her work and it will make things easier for both of us. It seems so luxurious to have the internet. Things went as planned today with the move. The previous tenant was out in time and our helpers all showed up on time. The lady who helps us with cleaning came today (Sunday) and went over the place before we moved our stuff in. We also hired a guy with a truck who was recommended by our new landlord. We fit all our things in one truckload. Most of the things we have are stuff that I mailed down here like some books, Yoga equipment, clothes, and assorted other things. It totaled about 15 cardboard boxes. We live so close now to where were living before that the whole move only took an hour to load and unload the truck. At first we were a bit upset with the adjustment to a new place and all the packing and unpacking, but by this evening we are feeling much better about it. The bedrooms are air conditioned here, but not the living areas, so there is some adjustment to the heat. We are still very close to the large fruit and vegetable market so we still plan to use that a lot. It feels very strange to turn on the TV and see all the English shows. He has something called SKY, which I guess is similar to Direct TV. I don' know that much about it, but I guess they have about 500 channels from news to movies to sports.
We plan to post pictures soon of the new apartment.
