The scenery was out of place. The mountains seemed painted a dark green and ghostly mist swayed between alpine looking houses. We rescued the suitcase with clothes that fit an autumn nonexistent in the rest of the Caribbean countries.
To inhabit a deserted island, without electricity or running water, between the Caribbean Sea is a unique experience. Sleep rough at night under starry skies only light a fire. Pure nature.
Panama is, in a corner of the first Spanish city to be built in the Pacific (now part of the outskirts of the city), a symbol of the harshness with which the English pirates attacked the Spanish overseas possessions.