Hola

Hola from Central America!

I'm writing from Panama City on a very confusing keyboard. I apologize now for any and all spelling errors.

I've been in Panama for four days now and I have to admit, I'm a little bit in love. It plays on both my love of nature and my love of big cities. Oh, and its thisclose to Colombia. The problem? I'm a tourist. I'm alwys a tourist. But Bitty, you say, you know that you are a tourist right? And yes, yes I know that. My problem is that I look like a bandana and backpack clad gleaming white tourist. Add a fanny pack and a smear of zinc oxide to my nose and I will be my own worst nightmare. I wish there was a way to seamlessly glide through foreign cities without anyone noticing (for better or for worse). I feel like such a spectacle walking through the streets. It's difficult to passively observe people when they are all waving to you. (Don't get me wrong though Panama, I love how friendly you are). The othe advantage of invisibility is that it would open up whole regions of the world that I wouldn't otherwise have a chance to see, which naturally are always the most tempting. ("The Darien province is absolutely beautiful and pristine, but you must never, ever go there") In any case, I am loving it here in my big old conspicious Canadian way.