Christmas is a beach

So, for the past 3 or 4 days we have been staying on one of the islands of Bocas del Torro. They are amazing little islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Panama. We are volunteering at a place called Palmar Tent Lodge. Basically, we help out a little around the lodge (mostly help with bar tending) then we get a free place to stay on the beach for two weeks...not a bad way to live...unfortunately, it has been incredibly rainy. So far, only one day of sun, which I am not in love with, but it is really beautiful...very jungley, then suddenly beautiful beach. The lodge is completely off the grid...ran off of solar power, everything is rain water fed, including the drinking water, and there is composting and the beginnings of some little gardens. Without the rain, this place would be perfect.

You have to take a boat to get to the island, and we took a very rainy boat ride over. We were completely soaked when we got here, as were all of our things...my computer got a little waterlogged, but it has seemed to survive! Everything has a bit of a damp feel to it, but I am sure we will survive.

The lodge doesn't have internet, so we have to hike to another hostel in order to access internet, so, sometime when I take more time, I'll update on our adventure getting here..and it was an adventure indeed!

In the mean time, I'll leave you with this image, where I will be spending as much time as possible:

Happy Holidays!!