We like-a Gualaca

The Gualaca River Canyon in Panama is a marvel of Jehovah's creation. It's beautiful, fun, serene and it's still free. The local families and young people frequent this spot; and watching the young ones fly around play tag and then dive off the edge at breakneck speeds was breath-taking. At one point they were flying around us like those flying fish that leap out of the water (except that they were leaping in, not out) There were times when they would just miss one another or even land right next to someone, but there were no accidents. Their timing was impeccable. The fish in the river also seem to enjoy themselves and have a symbiotic relationship with the swimmers. However, I'm not sure if the swimmers would agree. Every now and then I would hear one of the friends yelp as one of the fish gently nibbled. I'm sure it was just surprising. And I'm sure it was gentle.

The river in this section is quite deep and therefore fairly safe for diving and jumping. At least that's what Carlo told me. I believed him, because the alternative was to spend the whole time terrified. It really is a relaxing area. I saw many lizards: the kind that run on their back legs. They have really long tails to stabilize themselves. Unfortunately, they were so quick that I could never catch them on the run. There were also very large water spiders, but they seemed distressed over the people and moved on whenever anyone was too close. 

We didn't see any snakes. whewww

That's Carlo and Whitney doing somersaults!!!

Alyvia pushed her sister Aribey. Lawson pushed Alyvia in. Then Alex pushed Lawson in.

  

We were very hungry... the boys tried their hand at fishing!

We took 3 carloads to the river. In the States we would probably have needed 5 cars.
But things are done a little differently here. : )