- The same weather every single day (low of 25 and high of 33, sunny, with a chance of thunderstorms). You don’t need a weather forecaster. Ever.
- My gas stove
- The washer and dryer in my kitchen
- The A/C in my apartment (don’t have any of that in my apartment in Canada!)
- My coworkers
- Saying hi and smiling to strangers, and getting a kind smile and hello in response…in ELEVATORS
- Cheap local produce (and great quality, too!)
- My new roomates!
- Panamanian ice cream (all homemade… they don’t fool around)
- Panamanian coffee (but I’m bringing a TON of it back with me…well…maybe not a ton…but several pounds, definitely)
- Two dollar taxis to anywhere (almost)
- The Diablos Rojos! (Let’s be clear, just looking at them from a distance as art, not actually riding in them…)
- Ceviche (yes…I’ll miss the raw fish…)
- The short but intense thunderstorms
- Being immersed in Spanish (I’ve made progress!) and speaking Spanish
- The palm trees
- City lights and rolling mountains and seaside all in the same view from my kitchen window and balcony
- The service that I get as a ‘tourist’ (better than the infamous bad service most Panamanians give and get, but still shabby)
- My new InterNations family in Panama (some of the most interesting people I have ever met!)
- No mosquitoes any where
- The overall Panamanian lifestyle- relaxed, not stressed, not frustrated, living life carefree, not worried about anything, friendly, and definitely not timely (I’ve adjusted to it all, almost… everything except for the timeliness thing)
- The constant culture shock and wonderment that comes with “this kind of experience”
- Blogging about it all!
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