echo75

Seclusion

Posted by echo75 | 11th November 2009

21 - 24 September

Around a bend, an island came into view crowned with a grand two storey wooden house. A intimidatingly large brown Doberman barked from the balcony as we approached the jetty. We climbed out of the boat next to a tiny sand beach with palms and sun loungers. I smiled weakly and thanked the water taxi guys as we paid them and struggled up the path with our luggage. Before we got far, a smiling young Panamanian woman met us and welcomed us. We were shown to our beautiful room over-looking the water and I crawled into the carved, four-poster bed to sleep off my torpor. Meanwhile, Phil was also starting to feel a little off-colour.

The resort is on a private island and run by two immensely hospitable Americans (formerly from the Florida Keys). It is an intimate environment, more like staying in someone’s home than staying in a hotel and it has the sort of seclusion that encourages a relaxed, ’clothing optional’ approach. To our relief though, everyone

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