The night after the rafting was amazing, Txarlie turned up completely unchanged after 4 years and it was a fantastic reunion.
We decided to celebrate the only night as 7 of us together and joined by Margot for the special event, and we opened the bottle of 23 year old Zacapa that I had received from the guys, Teresa and Christina on my birthday in lake Atitlan. The bottle traveled across of almost all of Central America and it was sure worth the wait, Zacapa is officially the best rhum on the planet!
We finish it off whilst chatting about music, new places and old memories, and head out to test the local music scene.
The night was fantastic, we danced to the sound of some lame raggaeton and then decided to extend our own party by driving the Naughty just out of the Hostel and drink rhum till dawn in company of Maria, Catalina, Margot, Txarlie, Natxo, Jose, David, Roque and of course the Naughty.
The entire gangs, left to right, Jose, Margot, David, Roque, Cata, Natxo, myself, Bianca and the Naughty
It was a hilarious night, we stayed up to bid Maria a sad farewell and after that, since sleep did not appear to be an option, we reache a time around 9 am when Txarlie, Natxo, Roque and I decided that we should go to a neighbouring town and find the founder of Calypso. This genious is a 95 year old man that has been living his entire life as a musician on the caribbean. We arrived at his house and he wasn't at home, so we were instructed by the neighbours that he may be having breakfast at a nearby restaurant.
Natxo with his tongue out, Txarlie and the bottle of Zacapa
We arrived there and thankfully he was nowhere to be found. Thankfully because the sight of 4 very unsober youngsters turning up at his breakfast would probably have been sufficient to finish off the musical talent.
We had some breakfast and headed back to bed. The two days ware spent in the company of Txarlie, naturally with a night of delirium and then we bid Txarlie farewell after a great footie match of Real Madrid and a dip into the Carribean.
At this point we were joined by the latest member of the trip, Bianca, all the way from Switzerland. We had a last meal together, bid the wonderful Cata farewell with tears in our eyes, and head out to cross the border to Panama, on our last stretch.
The amazing border between Costa Rica and Panama
We drove across the world's funkiest border and arrived just before 6 which is closing time at the offices. The result was the fastest boarding crossing in the world.
We settled down in the first town and woke up early next morning for a little shopping spree, and a boat ride into the delirious abyss of Bocas del Toro.
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