Well I took off for the weekend to Panama City to attend my friends wedding. I stayed at my buddy Roger’s house, had a blast.
Man…, I almost clean up okay? Mavis (right) is my friend Gary’s wife (Colombian), and the one who was bit by the monkey in recent discussion, she flew in for the wedding. The woman on the left owns a marina in Ecuador and wants to help me with a 
possible motorcycle tour of South America and offered a safe place to keep Splendid while I’d be gone.
My shoe choice as the topic of some discussion, I like it :)
I wasn’t planning on spending any money but I managed to get a few un-planned items. My buddy Gary sent me a 12v compressor, evaporator, and brain for a 12v refrigeration system. I think all I need now is a cooling unit and a water pump? Thanks Gary!
I’m not going to install it without adding some insulation to my cold box. I pulled my hair out looking for insulation about 6 months ago with no luck. Roger took me to a refrigeration shop that happened to have some and I had to buy it. I got a 3/4’ 5×10’’sheet of proper insulation for $70.00. I may have to get one more sheet but this should get me started. I want to add 4-6’ to the existing foam in my cold box.
I’m also preparing for “Mani-sayta” (no money in Kuna (spelling?)) mode. I’m trying to invest what I have left in supplies for painting, and to make my next film. My next film is my only hope of financial salvation.
Going into “Mani-sayta” mode with no spear gun is just no fun. Being broke is one thing, being broke without the ability to spear fish is completely another story. I lost my spear & tip on the reef a few months back and hadn’t replaced it. My fins are also shot and my mask leaks. I’ll get more silicone on the mask but my fins were really gone.
Anyway I found some long fins on sale for $60.00, and I got what I needed for my gun for another $85.00. I also had to buy a white shirt & chino’s for the wedding ($30.00). I’ve never had proper long fins and I’m really 
looking forward to trying them out today.
The wedding was fun but I did have a bit much to drink. Every time my drink was 3/4 empty my waitress would replace it with a fresh double, I think she was trying to get me drunk, oh the pain the next morning! I took a few hundred pictures & 15 gigs of video but this was my favorite picture, my friends agreed as did the subjects.
I drove home with a terrible hangover on Sunday. I had kind of a close call on the bike. I was carrying an extra gallon of fuel on the back of the bike. The can slid out of one of the straps and rested against the exhaust. 
The exhaust melted a hole in the gas can and a gallon of gas poured onto my bike under way. When I saw it there was just a bunch of smoke, I’m really happy it didn’t ignite, it would have been a disaster! I probably would have dumped the bike and impaled myself on the long spear sticking out of my backpack. Man I hate it when that happens!
I need to deal with my immigration this week. Then I may head out to the San Blas? One of the best aspects of living in the San Blas is there is just no place to spend money, one must fish!
Anyway, time to make some breakfast and get back to painting. I’ll take a mid day break to go spear fishing and test out the long fins!
Cheers.
– alex