Author: Katie

Today we woke up early to leave by 8:30am and my buttered toast never tasted so good.  We were off to the beach at Portobelo, Panamá.  It is about two hours north of were we are staying in Casco Viejo.  It is a gorgeous and charming community that is so laid back and relaxed, people are just chillin in the street, dancing in the plaza, djembe drumming (thanks BYU), and celebrating...

Buenos días!  This morning we left at 9:30am for our LAST class at University of Panamá with a lady that gave us a potpurri of different indigenous dances of Panamá.  It was such a different and unique experience to participate with a folklore dance form and wear fun big skirts while twirling around moving our caderas!  It was so GREAT! After class we went to eat at...

Floor, Weight, Step, Money. This morning everyone wanted to just stay in bed and cuddle.  We were all so tired from the fiesta we had last night at Tantalo.  Our first class in this morning was cancelled so we decided to all just hang out until lunch at 11:30. We went to take a group picture in our new Movement Exchange logo tanks and then went back to 'Super Gourmet' around the corner...

This morning we had to be up and out of the hostel by 9:30am for our second class at the University of Panamá.  I had stayed up late last night finishing my blog post for the day and talking with friends, then had to shower and still get ready for bed.  Needless to say, I was pretty tired this morning.  A lot of the girls, including myself, were sore from two full days of dancing...

Today was a day of rest for all the dance volunteers and MUCH needed!  We were pretty tired from our full day of 4 classes yesterday. We woke up at 9-9:30am and got dressed to walk down to 'Super Gourmet.' It was delicious and I got two fresh blueberry muffins and dear Paige surprise bought me a chocolate chip cookie that I had been eyeing.  After the café we went to the...