We left on Friday afternoon on a transport that picked us up in Parramos. Of course along the way we stopped for a little Sarita’s ice cream because we had time and because…well why not? From there it was a straight shot to Pana where we made friends with some old (and rather colorful) Californians before the adventure to find a hostel began. On the way to Pana, Thayer mentioned to me and Erika that her parents had been planning on giving her a birthday present to take some friends out for dinner – hooray! Yet sometime after mentioning that she was going away for the weekend her parents suggested she pay for a nice hotel room for all of us for the weekend – DOUBLE hooray! Now in Pana (and feeling like the rich Americans we wish we actually were) we decided to take our sweet time to find the perfect abode for our humble weekend getaway.
About 20 hotels and a HUGE rainstorm later we found it – Hotel Primavera – an adorable hotel right on the main road in Pana – quaint, elegant, and within our new budget :). We settled in completely content with ourselves.
What followed in the next 2 days was a whirlwind…DELICIOUS dinner at a Uruguayan restaurant (where the waitress gave us a bottle of water with a hole on top to spray to keep the stray dogs away…), partying to a live band at PanaRock – apparently THE nightlife spot in Pana (although the band didn’t know any Taylor Swift…), eating the most delicious breakfast ever created (including the world’s most delicious homemade jam and perfectly cooked bacon), LOTS of shopping (things I purchased include – a new skirt, 2 ceramic mugs, and a new piece of luggage (that Thayer and I spent hours mulling over…), going back to the Uruguayan place to purchase guacamole, chips, and beers to go to eat at our hotel for a “light snack” ;-), eating a not so delicious “I’m trying to be American but failing miserably” lasagna at a pub in town, saying goodbye to our Californian friends, attempting to go horseback riding (only to have me get sick all morning Sunday. Lame.), attempting to make our way by boat across the lake to San Pedro (only to miss 2 boats and end up in Pana at 1:30 instead of 11:30…), eating the world’s worst lunch at a hippy restaurant where the waiter/owner/resident stoner got ALL of our order wrong, finally making our way onto the bus to Parramos, having one of our other friends from NPH throw up all over the van on the way back, stopping to clean up, and eventually, and miraculously, making our way back to Parramos around 6 pm on Sunday night. All in all, quite the interesting weekend to say the least.
Love your dress in the bottom photo!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your new bag! Great choice! A few girls got that kind of bag in Honduras and I was so upset with myself that I didn't get one too. If I come down we may need to go find one for myself! In pink, of course :)
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