{"id":1020,"date":"2016-04-06T23:31:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T22:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2016-04-10T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T00:40:00","slug":"puerto_limon_day_two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/puerto_limon_day_two\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Limon Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

06\/04\/16 – Puerto Limon Day Two<\/p>\n

This morning, we took a leisurely walk into Puerto Limon.<\/p>\n

It all looked very different in the daylight. The park was delightful, ringing to the sounds of birds and a couple of sloths hanging from the trees. It’s clearly a park that they’re very proud of, since a lot of work is currently in progress, to improve the pathways through it.<\/p>\n

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Tall, straight palm trees rise up to the sky, and sculptures lurk between bushes. There are lots of places for visitors to sit, and an old, colonial-looking bandstand sits right at its centre.<\/p>\n

We spent quite a bit of time in the park, photographing everything there was to see, and avoiding the local bloke who hassled everyone that passed through, on the pretence of being a local guide whose expertise should be worth at least one dollar (he was so highly informed that he kept referring to the sloth as a monkey… very annoying).<\/p>\n

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After the park, we took a walk down the main street of the town. Unlike the evening before, the street now seemed quite lively, with brightly-coloured shops and a couple of markets to entertain us. We managed to replace a few lost items; Tracey had managed to leave her hat on the bus after the Gatun lake tour at the same time that I was managing to leave my reading glasses and case on my bus. There were a few other little odds and ends that we managed to successfully replace before heading back to the ship. All-aboard time wasn’t until 1pm, but I had a class at 2pm, so we needed to grab some lunch before then.<\/p>\n

This afternoon’s workshop was a view of Panama City from Flamenco Island, which seemed to go down very well. There’s now just one last session to go on this cruise, which ends in a few days time; most of the passengers will be getting off to fly home, and a new batch will be joining in Cozumel (I always find back-to-backs like this a little bit strange, if I’m honest…). Once all the new lot are settled in, and we’re on our way to Barbados, the sessions will start up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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