My host family has got this extensive garden where they grow all sorts of fruits and vegetables; bananas, coconuts, papayas, potatoes, and every morning they present me with a plate of fresh fruit for breakfast. My host mother is one of the best cooks I’ve ever met, and she has been teaching me how to prepare typical Panamanian dishes. The fried plantains are particularly delicious – they’re like French fries but sweeter, and with a little bit of the local hot sauce drizzled on them, they’re just fantastic.
— Jasper Sims