Wandering Through Panama (Day 9) Drive to Pedasi

We left David at a reasonable time Sunday morning for the drive to Pedasi.  We stopped off at the little beach town of Las Lajas. As we got close to the ocean, there was a roadblock where they were asking for a $1.00 contribution to the beach.  Since there was a Polica standing there, I assumed it was legit.  I think it is good that they want to care for the beach, but I wish they would use some of the money for a clean up the trash campaign.

Since it was Sunday, the beach was crowded.  It seems like every beach in Panama is crowded on Sunday, I think a lot of people work on Saturday so Sunday is the only real day off.  The beach was nice and I would like to go back on a weekday and experience the beach without all the people.
There was a 5 car traffic jam of people trying to get thought a gate to what I assume was a beach club.  There was an awful lot of confusion for what seemed like a fairly simple exercise.  I almost didn't get back out from the side road I parked in because the 5 cars were 3 abreast trying to push and shove their way into the compound.  Not sure what that was all about but in Panama, especially in the citys, there is a lot of pushing and shoving on the streets by cars trying to got somewhere.

Like most intersections, the intersection of CA1, Panamerican Highway,  & CA3, National Highway, was not marked but it was kind of obvious that this was the road down through the Azuero peninsula to Pedasi.  Pedasi is in the Los Santos province.  There are two major towns you have to go through to get to Pedasi, they are Chitri and Las Tablas and we got lost in both towns.  The GPS decided to not work for a while.  There is a bypass for both towns but again they are not marked very well.  (On the way back we managed to find the bypass for both towns and the ride was much quicker).

Our destination, Casita Margarita in Pedasi:

Our hosts, Jack and Sue:

The main drag in Pedasi: