Day 45 David to Santa Clara, Panama

February 24, 2010 Day 45

Travel Day From David to Santa Clara, Panama

We set off going West through attractive, hilly countryside, on a
reasonably fast, good road. Most memorable was a waterfall, about
200’ tall, high up on the hills on the left, which was in sight for
about a mile.

Then came the stops. At 30 miles, a police car was waiting by the
roadside. We were at the speed limit. A lorry decided to pass
us, despite the police and a double yellow line. It then belted on,
overtaking Rig 1, which was a good 200 yards ahead, over more double
yellow lines. The police soon caught up with the lorry and pulled
him over. We were stopped at a checkpoint at 60 miles, for our
papers and passports. We had a similar stop at 141 miles.

Many of the group stopped at one or several of a series of roadside
stalls selling beautiful beadwork necklaces and wristbands.
Similarly, many of the small rigs, us included, took a detour at
Nata, to admire the oldest church in Central America. It was a
large building, with 4 rows of wooden pillars. The carving was of
excellent quality, with lots of carved grapevines climbing
everywhere. The carved human figures had been dressed up with
beautiful clothes and the ceiling was beautiful wood planks.

At the XS Memories RV site, our host, Dennis fitted all of the units
in. The shower block was interesting, as they were outdoors, with
no doors. It is said that Rig 13 (Pam and Fran) had great views from
their camping spot!

RIG 11- Lindsay Stilwell.