Monday evening showed us what a real Panamanian celebración is like! We met the entire Navarro family at their house, ate great food, drank delicious juice concoctions, and made lots of new friends. Blanca and Doris arranged for a mariachi band to come play for Hernan's birthday, and it ended up being the same guys we met at the tv station earlier that day (we had all been on RPE tv that day!). All the ladies swooned when Hernancito danced with his abuela... So Markus showed off with an impromptu slow dance with Mary Bruce- so sweet!
Tuesday was el día de ocupados, where we took a tour of the hospital Punta Pacífica, a Johns Hopkins medical center in downtown Panamá city. It has 74 beds, And was completely state of the art with new technologies And suites of familias. It was gorgeous! One thing they talked about was the increase in medical tourism, because of the great healthcare people can get at half the price (like 5000 for a baby delivery as opposed to 30000 for the same thing in the usa).
We spent the afternoon at La Prensa newspaper, the largest company in print communications in Panamá. They have a bunch of different papers and magazines on just about every topic under the sun. They showed us the warehouse where they print the publications- it looked just like the door factory in Monsters Inc!
Many of us had out first experience with Peruvian food at dinner tonight, family Style with lots of sea food, rice, And of course plantainas! I did not always know what I was eating, but it was tasty!
All of us have been saying we do not want to leave, so it is good to know we could all have jobs if decide not to come home.. ;)
Love, Jordan and Team Panama
Quote: "That was way funnier than it should have been." -Brittany Wilson
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