1 April 2010 - The sweet taste of liberty

We're free! We left the farm the day before yesterday under a cloud of negative energy. Maji asserted that there would be no further volunteers at the farm after us, something that in it's current state would probably be a good thing. We are definitely glad to have our liberty again and it is nice not having to get up at 5:30am or wrack our brains for ways to fill the day any more.

After leaving Costa Rica (including a border crossing where the staff in passport control were watching the Manchester United vs Bayern Munich game whilst issuing tourist visas) we spent one incredibly hot night in Panama's second city David before moving on to the mountain town of Boquete. We have been joined here by Christina, one of our fellow inmates at Earth Rose Farm, who met us following an incredibly speedy visit to San Jose to replace a stolen passport. We will stay here for the Semana Santa (Easter Week) celebrations and hopefully take in some hiking amongst the cool mountain air.

P.S. As a last reminder of the crazy wildlife on the Farm, our last day saw an encounter with a huge scorpion in our lean-to toilet (see picture - click into it and then zoom in to see the full horror). The little blighter was tucking into an enormous cockroach, a meal that proved to be his last...