San Blas and Cartagena with Dirty debs and Baby Frank

This seems like a life time ago but our friends back home from Wales are currently on a voyage back packing around the world and informed us they were in Costa Rica. We planned to meet up with them and they could come and stay for a few weeks on the boat. It was absolutley lush to see them, the last time being at our wedding over a year ago. We decided to leave the boat in Puerto Lindo for the night and get the bus to go and meet them in Panama City.
Panama City rcoks, it was wicked. In all fairness we did not get to see much of it
(sight seeing wise) as we were having too much of a party. Can you beilve the first night away from Quartermoon in over a year(hoping for something speacial accomodation wise) and debs goes and books us a hostel where we have to share the room with six other people. Oh well, it did not really matter as were we wasted by early evening and cant really remember much of it. We met up with some other friends, Oliver, and Ricky Martin and Makayler to celebrate olivers birthday.
Me and debs ended the night in the shared toilet being sick from too much booze and sym and alex ended up partying without us till five o clock in the morning. Alex on the first night nick named Sym Frank the Tank ( all will know if you have seen the movie Old School ) if you have not , thats not a bad things, cos i am extremtly gutted to be married to a middle aged, unfit loser - like off the movie. Anyhow the nick name stayed and i have gorwn to love it.

Some pics of our first night in the city



Frank and Baby Frank giving Oliver the birthday bumps:



After a rough hangover we had to go and get the bus back from Panama city to Puerto Lindo which was bad enought the day before when we were feeling good. It took over 3 hours being squished on the chicken bus , including a stop off to get another one. We decided it was well worth the 70 bucks to share a taxi home between the four of us and god how much we appreciated the air con.

The following day we decided to take them to monkey island. There was no way i was going back on there after the last time, so i waited in the dingy while the rest went ashore. Can you believe it, but the sly little buggers were so sweet. (And alot smaller than the last time in remember ) They were eating out of everyones hand!!! I am so jealous...but i still did not trust their tempermental attitude!!

Alex getting ready to leg it after hearing our stories about these ferocious beasts!!lol



Moral of the story , never ever trust monkeys!!!