Friday Festivities in Boquete

The Flower & Coffee Festival ends this weekend. Traffic was certainly busier than normal today, with lots of cars coming North from David (Daveed) for the weekend.

We spent the afternoon visiting the festival grounds, admiring the flowers and vibrant splashes of color that greeted us upon our arrival.

 

Aside from the stunning floral displays were the usual food and beverage stands and endless booths selling, hats, native works, leather goods, hammocks etc. The dry season here is January, February and March, with January being particularly windy each day, and today was no exception. As a result of the strong breeze and dust, we were ready for a cold local beer (Atlas) later in the afternoon. 

 

Friday evening, we went out to the "Fuzion Grill House", located in Alto Boquete, just south of Boquete, on the main highway from David. The new owners, Roger and Mariella are locals who have just returned from 20 years in Toronto, Canada, and seem to be doing a fine job with their new venture. Most Fridays, they feature a band or DJ from 5 - 9pm. We paid a $3 cover charge, but received a ticket for a free drink. Local beer and rum are just $1. They offered a selection of dinner specials at $8.50 per plate. Susann had the grilled trout, Tim and Alan had the chicken wings and Jan had the spaghetti primavera. All were excellent. We ate, drank and danced over a 4 hour period and the check was $75 for all four.

This week, they featured a Latin band, "Bahia Orquesta" which we thoroughly enjoyed, and at the end of the evening, Jan was enticed to sing with the band, while Tim experimented with the salsa and meringue with Karin, the female singer.