I do not know why but Sharmila’s picture reminds me of Gandhiji a lot!!

He is a local tribal and he is going to guide us thru the hiking trail. We will hit a waterfall first.

(His real name is Jaime)

This guy was waiting outside as we finished his lunch. His speciality is drawing tattoos with Embera designs. I assume these are temporary. But look at the ornate jewelry he is donning!!

Sharmila, myself and three other tourists – getting out into Chagres river. The gentleman here in the picture is Tylan who served in the military and is now studying Supply Chain Management in FSU in Florida.

A villager showed up with his boat and shimmied it next to the land squeezing out the other three boats.

After an uneventful (and slow!) drive to Lake Alajuela, we reached the point where we can get some local boats. That is Chagres river in front of us. Dry season is ending and the river is fairly shallow at this point of time.

There were a few other tourists waiting there.