Finally, beauty and peace found!

You know how sometimes you can physically feel the stress leave your shoulders? That’s how it was just looking at the Boquete Garden Inn.
What an adorable place! Flowers were blossoming everywhere, a winding stone path stretched out before us, and beautiful, two-story cottages dotted the landscape. If there would have been a for sale sign, I would have quickly signed on the dotted line.

And then, from the three gentlemen in the registration office, we heard the words we so longed for: Yes, we have a room available for the night.
Yay! Of course, these cute octagonal-shaped cottages and perfect garden setting didn’t come cheap, but after a long drive from Santiago and a crazy but quick run through David, spending a few extra bucks didn’t even register on our how-much radar.

We eagerly forked over the $80 for our night’s stay ($88 if you have to pay with plastic) and were escorted to our cottage, a second floor unit called Margarita. How appropriate since we had sucked down more than a few of these during our travels already.
Like the rest of the place, the room itself was cute with a king-size bed, a small breakfast nook, a cozy kitchen, and a separate bath. We said a few ohhs and ahhs, threw our bags down, and headed down to the bar for our complementary glass of wine or beer that was only available for another 20 minutes or so.

Located down by the river, the bar is a fantastic place to rest and listen to the gently rushing water. Plus, we met some great people from Canada who, like us, were considering relocating to Boquete. We spent a while drinking and chatting before they headed off to town for a late dinner and we headed back to our room to collapse.
The great thing about Boquete Garden Inn is the fact that you can sleep with the windows open because there’s an awesome, cool breeze (we are in the mountains) and you can sleep to the sound of the river. The best!

We awoke the next morning well rested and ready to explore this town that has Americas raving. But first we headed back down to the bar for our complementary breakfast, which consisted of yogurt and granola, homemade bread with nuts and raisins, fresh fruit, a few different cold cereals, and coffee and juice.
Reluctantly, we headed back to our room to pack up and leave this amazing place, but not before realizing that a crawly critter wanted to accompany us. The picture doesn’t do justice to just how large he was since I was only going to get so close and the zoom on our camera only goes so far! We named him Reggie.

Apparently Reggie liked Wes’ backpack and found refuge underneath of it until we so rudely took it away. Reggie didn’t move though, which made me question his life status. But, not willing to take any chances, I found a pot in the kitchen and placed that over Reggie. Hopefully the cleaning crew didn’t scream too loudly.