Bocas del Toro

On Tuesday, the 26th of February three of us at ther home got up early - at 4 AM! These included Graciela (the teen who has kidney failure and does paretineal dialysis every night), Beni our secretary and myself. We had been looking forward to this day for a long time as we traveling to Changuinola in the province of Bocas del Toro so that Graciela could visit her family, visit her home in Loma Muleto, and stay there two nights. (Occasionally she can skip dialysis for two nights - which made this trip possible.) We arrived at the airport at 5:30 AM and left in a small plane (anout 25 passengers) at 6:35. The flight is a little over an hour to Bocas island where most passengers left. Then there was a 10 minute flight to Changuinola where we were met by two wonerdful members of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguartion, Eunice and Isabel. Graciela's mother showed up a bit late and then we went off to the Church. On the way we passed the restautant where one of Graciela´s brothers works, stopped, met him and left her mother and her for a while.
The foto above is Changuinola airport.

Here you can see Graciela (red shirt) at her house her two younger brothers (one is holding her nephew) and behind is an older brother and his wife.

There is more to come!