Hey! Nick Here!

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stay tuned for the first composition highlighting crapers in majestic places brought to you exclusively by "Global Pooper Productions"

Yea... Ill let you guys figgure this one out. Chow

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Well... Pull down on the chain to this here travelin trolley whistle cause this party train has reached its final destination. But before i step off this beautiful n sometimes aimlessly wondering

vessel back into reality, let me tell you about the caboose. It started while back, Dana dropped alittle seed about the San Blas

Archipelago. A few hundred little white sandy beach islands on the southern end of Panama's Caribbean side. Sounds good right. Well i thought so. Well... After talking with some Bocas loak's i was alittle apprehensive about just showing up there cause there is pretty much nothing there. Ya.. Really.. Nothing there.. Ok, a few Kuna Indians some sand and Coconuts... But, for real it didnt take much but a few tugs of my rubber arm Dana talked me into just showing up.

We landed in El Poverner which as you can see is merely an air strip, motel and

a restaurant on a little island. It didnt take long to get to know the locals (all 3 of them) and the two drunkin sailors hanging out on the beach. At that point we put the word out that we were in search of a sail boat that was willing to putt around the islands or a few days. And walla!

Captain Peter set foot on land. Peter

has a 50+ foot catch sail boat.

The AWAB. He gave us an unbeatable deal (good thing right, cause it was the only deal).

The following morning we boarded the beauty. and with the wind in my hair and the sun scorching my back we were off. We had no water though (details right, although they may appear minor, they have a big impact on the end result). So... we first headed towards the main land. It hadnt rained for awhile so nobody had water. We found out that we could take the dingy up the river and collect water there. Ahh, Its the little adventures in life right. So, after a few trips up river we were able to quench the thirst of AWAB (by the way AWAB in captains eyes ment all women are beautiful, his 18 year old Italian girlfriend thinks it means all women are bitches. ill let you decide).

Even though Captain Peter is German he knows how to make a mean pasta from scratch. Dana and i cleaned the kitchen for the school time session. She did most of the work while i cracked the whip, drank wine and took pictures. Ahh, school time at its finest. I realized im not the hugest fan of pulpo (octopus) but it made a good pasta meal. I have realized though that chilled vino blanco on a hot day is very nice. especially over a warm beer...

O.K. moving right along... Dana and I meet these wonderful Kuna women who made us custom beaded ankle

wraps. It cost us a small amount of gringo greenbacks for what probably took them the better part of the night to produce. crazy huh! Whats even crazier is that they had just finished smoking a turtle and offered us up some tasty morsels. Wow!

Most of are days in San Blass were filled with chillin out. Most of the evenings were filled with chillin out too. Yea, we cooked, we swam, we drank, but other than that we chilled. I would only suggest going to San Blas if you are interested some chilllaxin time.

Thanks for checkin out my blog. This is Nick here, until the next big adventure comes along with full full Clout...Yea... Over-N-Out

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The day that Hurst-y-Choy had to split to the pacific side... just so happened to be the same day that Collin, Dana and Cheri were in Bocas town ready to kickit Bastimento style. So, we stocked up on fruit, went out to the organic farm, got set strait with the finest organic veggies bocas has to offer, nabbed up a few cases of beer and pushed the boat off the stinky peer of bocas with a heading for paradice.

We have been having a Ab Fab time here. This is a photo of Miss Lily's beach. We spent an afternoon there enjoying memories and speaking of how much we love her, our friends, and families.

Dana and i are heading out tomarrow for San Blas. Should be interesting... hoping we can line up a sailboat for a few days. Then... back to the states to get back at it.

Mucho Amor me Amigos

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Hello my friends,

So, its been a couple of weeks. Life has been wonderful. Been doing the usual: surfing, snorkeling, spear fishing (which after many times out... still no pescado. It sounds alot harder than it sounds.), hiking, reading, oh yea, and alot of good cooking.

Last week was insane. Christian n Melinda came to the islands for a week or so. wow... Super fun! Thanks HurstyChoy, twas a blast.

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back out at bocas now. ill be here for a few weeks or so. workin on my surfin, hanging with the natives, learning how to cook healthy, chillin. The surf has droped off abit. more my size. it is suppose to pick back up again though by the end of the week. it rained last night. ive got to go bail water out of the boat now. Nick Here... Over-N-Out

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Erika, Chef Juan and I. Good times!

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Oops, i forgot to rotate it. this is a sweet, hand made dutch door. out of coco bolo.

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yeeeahhaa, slap that ass, raw hide! While i was out at Playieta, i made friends with everyone at the resort. well, except for the hefe. I think i stole some of his thunder. anyways, the chef was originally from Cuba, played the gitar and cooked some extremely good food. There were carpentars on the project that have been there since day one... wow! they do great work. log work too. i worked a half day with them ripping teak and coco bolo. they use teak for framing. the stone work is all fossilised wood and crystal chunks from the near by cannon. So... While we were there, the first night, chef Juan pulled out his gitar. i decided to pull out the glow poi. the gitar playing came to a screching hult and the mouths droped. Chef was astounded. Then, i told him i do it con feugo. he said Que? COn FUEGO? I explained with the right materials i could make real fire poi. Needless to say...Game On! Chef was so stoked he invited the neigbors, family and all the other people at the resort. chef prepared a huge feast served on bananna skins. I spun fire on the beach, everyone pretty much got wasted. the chef went to bed as some guests were getting up. I think that the Hefe was happy to see us leave. Yea.. A job well done!

In the photo above... A neighbor boy let afew of us ride horses on our own. Wow! I havent been on a horse in years and i ended up with the spicey one. Imagine that! nick on the horse that dosent want to slow down. It was a fun experience. we rode down to the beach, galloped through the sand like in the movies. yea, me.. I was white nuckeling the reings at times. supper fun. now i know why cowboys walk the way they do...

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Erika and i chilled out at a super rad spot on azuero penusilla, just past Pedisie. a place called la playeita. o my god.... there was birds glorre. super incredible place. ok. ok, well im in a place called el valley up in the mountains. it is Erica s last night in panama. ill do more later, right now ive gotta get on gettin on. super swanky dinner time. oh yea... Langostas here we come... chow

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This is a picture from the summit of a trail on the contental divide. We were in Bolette for a couple of days. Muy tranqilo. ya... i my spelling sucks in english. one can only imagine how bad its going to be in espaniol.

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This is from around the corner of the island. No waves here. There is a great pina colada though.

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Looking out the window on Bastimentos

2008-04-03T12:13:00.000-07:00

Whatz Up! Nick Here, writing from the rad bungalow on Bastimentos that im staying at. Geez, where to start. Well, after a long ass travel day (where i really didnt even get hasseled for all my carpentry shit) Erika and i arrived in the kinda crappy town of Bocas del Toro. Ya, they dont have alot of respect for there land there. Anyways, instantly meet a few cool ass peeps. Susanna (the land owner), Geo (the caretaker of sorts) and Larry (a burnner who has set up shop in Bocas and is involved in a few big projects there). Got a well deserved good nights sleep, woke up with a few chores to knock out and fianally got ready to head out (island time bro, it takes forever to do anything) So... We stocked up on veggies and fruit and hightailed it the heck out of there destened for Bastimentos. Half hour later, we pulled up to a rad beach with an incredible setup. Multipul bungalows (i have my own, stoked!). Un loaded and it was dark. The next morning Geo and i headed out for a surf sesh. Ya, Geo, he grew up on Kawaii, so he is pretty insane on a board. He dosent mind that i still novis. we went out to Playa Larga a, rad beach break with lefts and rights. The bigger sets came in around head high. and the water is about 85 degresse, (which is suppose to be the chilliest all year) WoW! Yesterday, we did a long hike around one side of the island, cruzed through the Nobe's (indigenous indian tribe) village, drank pinna colladas with a guy from sea-town (played the name game and realized we know some of the same people from back home). Dude... Last night was national geographic going on. Saw a Sloth, a praying mantis eating bugs, a huge hermit crab, a big ass bug that looked like a leaf, golden orb spiders, and the list goes on. Have i mentioned that Susanna is an insane vegetarian shef. My god, the experience has been great. I just got in from a surf with Geo, the neibor Carlos and i. Super fun.... I havent been to Lily's beach yet. she has been in my mind and in my dreams daily. Ill update again soon. Lunch is being served!

2008-03-28T17:53:00.000-07:00

Yo! Nick Here. Still in the Country. Im chillin in Berkley at the moment with my homie chica Laura.
This is a recent picture of Chris and I hanging out on top of Echo Summit area just before the late day drop in. Ah Yea... Bye Bye snowie snow.

Ready To Leave Tahoe

2008-03-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

Gettin' Ready To Leave The Basin!