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Friday, December 5, 2008

The eagle has landed...

*Im not too sure where my dad left off in his latest "intro-blog" so i decided to give a small overview on whats up*
As you all have heard, me and my parents have decided to have a small four-month adventure in the warmest and most random parts thought of. For the first six weeks we will live in certain parts of Panama, where we will have the opportunity to experience the culture of your average Panama citizen. After the six weeks are up, we will be heading back to Oregon for two weeks to recoup and re-friend the people who have forgotten us. Once that is over we will begin the BIG CAJONES part of the trip, where we will be heading down to the Virgin isles area, with the intent of chartering a ship to sail around for two months... but that is a much, much later blog...

It all began at 3:36 am on December 3 in the Williams household. Several days before the trip, my mom called for a taxi to pick us up. Otherwise we would have had to leave the car at the airport which would have been fricken expensive. Naturally the Yellow Taxi company had completely spaced it, leaving us with the fricken expensive option. Finally we were safe and almost comfortable in the Medford airport lobby with two hours to spare.

At around 12:00 am, after much sitting, layovers, and flight cancelation crap we finally flew into Panama City! From there we hailed a cab and drove over to a pretty sweet hotel. Unfortunately our next plane ride was in several hours, so we got a quick nap and then drove over to the local airport. On the flight to our last stop in Bocas Del Toro, we experienced some pretty hardcore turbulence. Its not that i was scared or anything, i was just waaay motion sick, so i found myself closing my eyes and turning up the music on my ipod. Finally when the sickness began to fade, i opened my eyes and looked out the window to see lots of trees and small buildings... The eagle had landed...

This post is a Petter post....