3500mm annual waterfall? Are you kidding me!?

No way it is possible, yes it is, 3500 mm is the average annual waterfall in the Boquete region... and we had a good proof today. After waking up at 5.30 to climb the Volcan Baru we decided that the weather was to bad to go for a 10 hour and 2000m hike and went back to bed until 9ish... some (1 or 2 rays) sun was then shining and we decided that a visit to the hot springs of Caldera would be our best bet for the day...
After the usual wait-for-the-bus-again hour we reach the village of Caldera where we start the walk to the hot springs. Some locals tell us that it's going to take us around 45 min on a slightly muddy path, very correct! at around 14.30 we are enjoying the warm water of the springs under a light rain... so far so good...
mmm it's raining heavier, oh it's pouring, damned where does all this water come from??? 20 min after our pool session started we are under a really heavy thunderstorm but who cares, we are in the warm water!
At around 15.45 the rain still didn't seem to diminish so we decide to hit back to Caldera... wery ineresting... the mud path it's now a rivers, the flat parts are little lakes and it keeps on raining like crazy.
Around 40 min later we are soaking wet and hitchhiking... luckily a man with a pick up has some space left in the back (with bananas and cooler boxes) for me and Sarah (wich btw gets offered an inside seat but kindly refuses (i think for being kind to me, se'll tell me later because she didn't know what to tell to the man ;-) ). The ride is really intersting, we're freezing, it rains like hell and we do not see where we go... fortunately 20 minutes later the car slowes down and we get dropped of at a bus stop.

at home a warm shower awaits us and after 2 friends episodes a good meal and a couplle of beers make us laugh about our little adventure.

morale della favola: in the rainy season it RAINS!!!

cheers Marco