Things got a little bat crazy during my stay in Playa Venao, Panama.
As I enter a country I circle on a map all the places I want to see and visit. From there it is a matter of connecting the dots as I ride. Playa Venao was one of those places I had circled.
As you can see from the map below, it wasn’t far from Las Tablas to Playa Venao. Despite leaving late, I still arrived early. So I had a bit to eat in downtown Playa Venao ha ha
Hostel Venao Cove
As I have mentioned before, Hostels are so friendly and my preferred place to stay as long as they have a private room for moi. Hostel Venao Cove was no different. As soon as I arrived I was greeted with a big smile and friendly banter. It made me feel at home.
Also when I arrived I ran into a couple from the Netherlands riding a BMW 800. They were in Panama for three weeks riding around.
I was escorted to my room on the top floor of a building just up the hill from the main lounge area.
My abode was basically a cement room with a bed. No air conditioning, just a big fan on the roof.
After lugging my stuff up the stair to my room, it was time for an after ride beer in the lounge.
Playa Venao
From the lounge I headed down to the beach for a walk.
Sooooo nice. So nice in fact I went and got my Helinox chair and just sat out on the beach for a while.
After awhile it was time to relax on the patio of my place and listen to the Howler Monkeys.
A truly awesome day! But like all days, it has to come to an end. Time for bed.
Good Night Sleep?
After a good day I settled in to sleep. It was a bit warm so I turned the ceiling fan on higher.
I am not sure what time it was, but at some point during the night I was startled as I heard a bang against the small narrow window in the room. I looked up in the dark and saw something flying around my room. All of a sudden it flew into my ceiling fan and was catapulted against the wall with a thud and dropped to the ground.
I was too groggy to get up, and have been startled many other times during my adventure to really care too much. Back to sleep I went.
Some time lapsed, not sure how much, when I was woken up again by something flying around my room and banging again into my window. What the heck?! Not another one. I was more awake now! As it flew around it hit the ceiling fan, was catapulted across the room, thudded against the wall, and dropped to the floor.
This time I got up. How were these things getting into my room. I didn’t bother turning on the lights, but felt the windows to see if they were open. Nope, they were all closed. No idea how they were getting in. Oh well, back to bed I went.
In the morning I woke up to the bright sunshine. I looked over to the small shelf next to me and saw a whole bunch of turds. I was sure they weren’t there when I went to bed. Uuuummmmm.
Oh yeah …. what were those things flying around my room last night. I got up and looked around the other side of my bed. There on the ground was a bat lying on its back still twitching. I didn’t want to touch it as it was still moving. I didn’t want to get bitten. There was just one though. I am guessing that there was just one all along.
It was definitely time to get riding for the day.
My Route for September 30, 2017
