Vamos a la PLAYA!!!

Welcome to Colón! Where the water is clear and the sand snow white! Its the Caribbean if you havent figured it out yet, and I just had my first sweet taste of it. If you know me well enough, you know that I am one to lay out for hours to no end, but for the purpose of having beautiful sun kissed skin.

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So sure, Yass and my mom are always hollering and hootin about the sun screen but I like to go all out with the tanning oil. I think Yass now understands why as she is a fan of the tan too. But I will have you all know, I came prepared for my trip to Panama. I have no intention of coming back as a dried up old raisin, and not to worry, I've been wearing abnormal amounts of SPF 30 sunscreen. Those of you who know me know I dont really use anything past SPF 5. Hah! But thank goodness I did!
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Colón (pronounced: Coh-logne) is located about two hours north of Panama city. Its the Caribbean side of the country and the so you really get a feel for what paradise is really like. The thing about the weather in Panama though is that its super tropical. Its kinda odd when its 90 degrees out but then randomly it starts raining when you stop for some snacks. (Fried maiz to be exact) Which was actually really good. Its fresh ground corn, a tiny bit of flower, deep fried. Comes out tasting like corn bread! Good ol' country eatin!

My car buddy

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But like I said thats the thing about Panama, you're hot and you could swear the sun isnt breaking through the cloud over your head but it is. And when the clouds move out of the way, the sun has its way with you. You feel your skin toasting! Despite my attempts to tan and not burn, at the end of the day my nose was red and I had some wicked tan lines. 

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It was such a great break though, from all the hustle and bustle of the burbs and the city. I just chilled out, swam a little in the beautiful water. Which by the way is still cold...but refreshing...so once you submerge yourself in it, you're good! (sigh)
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After a lovely, hearty helping of sandevich-eh-kaalboss (yes my hosts really went Persian style on this one) we got the gang ready to head back to the city. When you drive all the way out to places like Colon, you realize how much of a tropical rain forest Panama really is!

 And its beautiful!