Cyndi is from British Columbia and I met her in Boquete, Panama in the dining room at Marilos Pension. She was game for anything. One morning Cyndi and I were in the town center walking by the street where buses depart for the city of David. It’s about a half -hour car ride, or an hour bus ride, from Boquete to David. From there you can get a plane or bus to Panama City. As we passed a bus leaving for David, two people were waiting by the side of the bus, and when it left they began waving and blowing kisses toward the bus. Cyndi said, “You’ll never catch me doing that. They look so silly.”
About three weeks later, Cyndi and I accompanied a fun-loving couple to the bus stop from the pension. We had lunched and laughed with them often, and they were leaving. When the bus they were on departed Cyndi and I began waving and blowing kisses toward the bus. I looked at Cyndi and she began laughing and couldn’t stop. Cyndi returned eventually to British Columbia after traveling around South America. Just for a short stay. She’s now once again in Japan teaching English, having fun going on auditions, and, I’m sure, keeping people laughing.