Now the last day of May, 2009 I have been living in Boquete, Panama in the cool mountains at altitude. A mountain coffee and flower center, the view is spectacular with orchids growing in the trees and coffee flowering beneath them along running streams and rivers.

Last month in April I lived on Colombia's North shore for some Caribbean beach time and because I lived in Boquete, Panama just prior I felt drawn to return to cooler mountain weather after a beautiful but hot and humid stay in Colombia. I may be able to do a little coffee roasting at a higher altitude cooffee finca near me now that I'm back in Boquete.

I feel the draw to relocate to Ecuador - Quito or Cuenca, both UN World Heritage cities - but I know the weather's getting liveable again in North America where I have family to visit, so I'm coming to a cross roads. The rainy seasons are opposite in Ecuador and Panama across both sides of the equator and as it's a short air-hop between these places it's one good plan to take short flights back and forth to stay in the sun year-round.