CERRO PUNTA – CAPTURA LA BANDERA

Camp today was very bittersweet. We had a lot of fun playing captura la bandera, futbol, and frisbee, and also throwing globos de agua. Even though there were muchas trampas, it was still muy divertido. During captura la bandera, the two teams, Amigos vs. Panama, battled to win the game. The final score ended up being 2-1 Panama. After captura la bandura and snack time, we moved on to our second game of the day, futbol. We split up into teams and Esteban started in goal. Unfortunately for Esteban, Jaydeen was on the other team and shot a ball very hard. This ended with Esteban on the floor and a goal for their team. Due to these unfortunate circumstances, we moved on to our water balloon fight. This fight lasted maybe 5 minutes with balloons flying all over the place. After all of the balloons were thrown, some of the kids, Alan, Alejandro, and Christopher, got the great idea to fill cones with water and dump them on us. Since our shirts were soaking wet, we were given matching neon orange shirts to change into. Walking back for lunch, we looked like traffic cones on the side of the street.

Our main goal for today has been to just soak everything in (for Jane’s benefit, not the sun) and make the most out of our last day. After lunch, we had a hard time saying goodbye to the kids and then moved on to our coffee workshop. We smelled, tasted, and spilled many different types of Panamanian coffee. One of the brands of geisha coffee we tasted had a record bag sell for $35,000. Ricardo, our barista for the workshop, showed us his impressive coffee art. He makes art of hummingbirds, movie characters, and even Pokémon. After the workshop, we had some free time that we spent listening to Spanish music, playing cards, and overall having a good time. We went and got snacks from el supermercado and the gummy worms tasted magnificent. Before la Despedida, instead of going to our favorite café we practiced our dancing to get ready. We struggled at first but soon found our rhythm.

During our reflection time today, we all talked about what we hope to bring home now that our time here is coming to an end. We all agreed that we would like to bring back our ability to adapt to situations, staying in the moment, and being okay with being uncomfortable. We both agreed that we are going to miss the relaxed atmosphere and the fun times with friends the most.