Boquete, Panama Day One

We left Costa Rica this morning, in a mad rush, got to the airport just in time, paid our $26US each to get out of the country and made the one hour flight to David Panama.  The weather has been a bit sketchy in Costa Rica, so we were looking forward to the warm weather that Boquete is known for as a nice change.  Talk about hopes being dashed.  As we landed in the lush rainforest of Panama, we were greeting by screaming winds and rain.  Talk about the anti-summer weather.  For those of you doubting the truth of global warming, you just need to come to these equator nations and talk to producers, to know that serious changes are occurring in the weather.  Nonetheless, we braved the cold and rain and wind, and hit the farms, toured by Jose David Garrido.  We visited a number of his farms today, seeing first hand the ripe juicy fruit, which I love to pull off the branches and chew.  We saw pickers delivering their picked fruit to the receiving stations, soaking wet, chilled and carrying 100 pounds of wet fruit on their backs.  I can barely pick up the sack.  The weather is supposed to change back to normal tomorrow, if we can trust the forecast.  We will cup coffees in the morning, and visit more producers in the Boquete area.  Then dinner with Rachel Peterson, of Hacienda La Esmeralda.  I didn't shoot any video today as it was simply too wet.  I will get the camera out again in the morning.