Pros/Cons of Leaving Panama

Things I will miss:
1.  ridiculous and hilarious street signs
2.  Playa Venao
3.  Bagboys who use skill, talent, and thought when efficiently packing up my groceries (like they are playing Tetris).

4.  VIP movies, with leather recling seats, footrests, and waiters to bring the popcorn.
5.  The awe-spiring thunderstorms.  When the thunder finishes rattling your teeth, you hear 20 car alarms going off.
6.  My sweet IB history class, who made a goodbye video and a cake for our last day of class (there is a small chance that I teared up a smidge when they surprised me with the video).
7.  Free popcorn at the Novey hardware stores.

8.  Totally overdressed babies and toddlers- fleece hats and lined onesies on 80 degree evenings.
9.  The Panama Canal- it's pretty badass.

Things I won't miss:
1.  the traffic
2.  the horns
3.  parking at the mall, anytime between Nov 30- Dec 24

4.  Fenosa Gas Electric- monoplies suck, lack of ability to fight back in Spanish sucks, "predicted useage sucks," living in the tropics without electeicity three times in one year sucks, and this company is El Diablo to me.
5.  Staples.  Staples in everything, including to close the plastic drugstore bags.
6.  being berated for speaking accented functional Spanish, rather than perfect fluent Spanish.
7.  Fireworks, any time, any day.  Like a Tuesday night at 11pm.  Why?  Because someone in Panama felt like setting off fireworks.
8.  ATMs regularly running out of cash.

It's been a grand adventure Panama, but I am off to new adventures.

Playa Venao

Why the bellbottoms?