A few random shots...

A "Harpy Eagle" that we saw at a local refuge organization. The Harpy is the world's most powerful bird-of-prey, with claws and diving-velocity powerful enough to snatch 100 lb. sloths out of 100 ft. trees with ease.


















A young Ngobe girl leading Panama's "Flag Day" parade at the local Cerro Brisa elementary school.


















Amanda during Flag Day celebrations, participating in the tried and true "lime-on-the-end-of-a-spoon-in-your-mouth" relay race. We didn't win this one...(note the children in the foreground watching the other racers waaaay down to the left)











"Mimi," the tragically one-eyed pet dog of the Montero family. True to how Panamanians seem to regard their pets, the family heartily laughs everytime we bemoan the fact that Mimi lost her eye to a local kid's well-aimed marble.



















"Kenya" (we think), a cousin of the Montero family, who lives nearby and whose brother is the prime suspect in the case of Mimi's missing eye.



















No, not a tree with an afro! This is a termite (or maybe an ant?) nest about the size of two basketballs. They are everywhere, and are burned by the Ngobe during funerals to ward off evil spirits.