A Raspao can really cool you off...

Reflections on eating Raspao on a hot day in Panama When it is hot--hot in Panama and the sun is shiny brightly. You might be sweating bullets and your Panabrisa may be dripping wet Take a moment and relax. Wipe your wet brow dry Going up hill on J Street can be tough. Order a Raspao to cool you off Milk or honey and a dash of syrup Yes, all over crushed ice is the ticket Your mouth will anticipate it A kiss of ice on your lips A shiver of coolness thru your little body After the eating you will finish with a smile Then it is time to pick it up again Life is too short to lollygag So enjoy some crazy ice or Raspao today Life is beautiful in Panama Yes, Panama where dreams come true A Raspao can really cool you off Copyright ©2004 Louis Joseph Barbier Lo que siempre satisface... un raspao bien fria! Life shouldn't be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly shouting... Wow! What a ride! Donde estamas? Donde esta Salsipuedes? Estoy cansado... vamos a resfrecar con un raspao bien fria.. Too Many Secrets Latest book ... More about my books ... Cuando Caliente el sol... lets escape to Panama... a lost tropical paradise at 9 degrees above the equator… Panama at the cross roads of world commerce in the heart of the universe… Panama more than just a canal… What a place to get away from it all... Just do it... Why out and about don't forget to try a raspao bien fria! Not to worry about the water... it comes from the Chagres River... it is the best water in the world...Enjoy your raspao... you will be glad you did!!!

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.--- Julius Cæsar. Act IV. Sc. 3.