No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers (Part IV)

Off Piste yesterday and still trying to tack things togeter for that so hope our readership will chontent themselve with the penultimate part of Panama

The anticipation of wandering

negated any chance of sleep on the night before and with our young guide in attendance at 05:00 sharp we were in pleanty of time to catch the first bus, little did we know then that it was to take us a little too far.

Ten paces saw us in the heart of the jungle and before the sound of the bus had disappeared we had recorded

BLACK-TAILED TROGON

AGOUTI

and

BLUE - GREY TANAGER

From there on it was a case of spotting something and missing twice as much in any other direction, but who's complaining!

YELLOW ORIOLE
(adult)

YELLOW ORIOLE
(juvemile)

RED-SHOULDERED MACAW

GREY-HEADED TANAGER

LIMPKIN
Such days pass in a flash but the mid-day heat was also taking its toll not only on the 2 rotund gentlemen but the local lad as well. Not knowing just how far/long it was back to Panama City we decided to make a start. Waiting for a bus was an unknown quantity but even here on the side of the metalled road there was plenty to keep us entertained.

FLAME-RUMPED TANAGER

Thinking back to my days in the Roal Navy, a white hat and a blue suit and a

'windswept thumb' would get you anywhere so the ploy was tried on the very few cars that were passing.

GEOFFROY'S TAMERINE
One car did very kindly stop but a conundrum to know exactly why as in the back seat were 2 ladies who were living proff that the did in fact "put Humpty back together again", and with front passenger seat eqally occupied!

RED-CAPPED CARDINAL
Next to stop was one of those huge American 4 x 4's in this case maybe an 8 x 8
with regae music blasting from each window, a lady in the back seat along wit 2 children and yes you might have guessed - a Rastaman at the helm!

GREEN HONEYCREEPER
His words not mine, "de fat man and de kid get in de back and Father Christmas sit next to me" and then introduced us to his wife Julie and 2 sons Rufus and Marley. With the music turned down so we could talk, we also introduced ourselve and told of our now successful mission and thank them for their kindness. The music, although 2Tone-Ska and not always my cup of tea, was excellent so enquired as to who was playing and after a rousing belly laugh said "hey man dat's me, Charley Anderson da bass guitar player with the Coventry band

 THE SELECTER"
(Chas front and centre)

The Selecter featured a diverse line-up, both in terms of race and gender, initially consisting of Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson and Pauline Black on lead vocals, Noel Davies and Compton Amanor on guitar, Desmond Brown on Hammond organ, Charley 'H' Bembridge on drums, and Charley Anderson on bass. The band's name is based on the term "selector", which is a Jamaican word for disc jockey. The band were one of the most successful ska bands of the 2 Tone era, notching up several top forty singles in the British charts most famed for the #8 hit On My Radio. Having co-released the first 2 Tone Ska single with The Specials, they are considered one of the founding acts of the movement. Though highly influential, the original line-up only remained together for a year, and even with replacement players the band only continued until breaking up in 1981.

Julie then ask, "where is it you want to go" with our reply being "anywhere in the city where we can get cool and some cold beer" please! Her answer to that was "our house is the 'coolest' place in the whole of Panama, as is the beer, and sureley Charley will get out his favoured special Jamaican rum to celibrate our meeting. 

TO BE CONTINUED!