Two weeks ago, I woke up early on Sunday to go try a new kind of party in Panama I never experience before.  An only girl’s paintball game was organized to host 13 wild girls ready to shoot.   Most of us were new at this, so we were a little scare of what was coming.  Some girls were very prepared to party here with gear, padding, special shoes, extra clothes, food, and even electric paintballs.  Me, I was only wearing workout clothes: a plain t-shirt, sneakers, and leggings.  I was thinking I wasn’t going to last but 5 minutes!  Let say, if there was a war, I’m dead woman.

After we all introduce ourselves to everyone, we when to explore the playground.  It was not the usual paintball field with wooden barricade where you could hide from the enemy, Oh no. This looked more like a real jungle!  No artificial place to hide, just bamboo trees, plantain trees, and all kind of natural barriers.  Even a small river was there!  We were thrill and ready to play! We got our gear and an explanation for us first timers to party with paintball.  We learned if your paint bullets get wet, you can’t get it back in to use because it won’t work.  Best places to shoot without hurting the opponent badly, we were girls and we didn’t want to have a black eye on Monday! And the best advice: never take your mask off!  You can loose and eye if you get shot in your face.  If you must take it off to clean the moist of your face, then laid down face to the ground and take it off.

Two groups were formed: the red team and the yellow team and a referee for each group.  We walked to the middle of the field and at the blast of the horn we ran to hide.  First, there was no movement at all, an eerie feeling was in the silence and then, bang, the fire started.  I couldn’t really see what was going on because every time I breathe my mask would fog up.  My partner yelled we have to move if we want to win.  One by one they moved to the front, while two of us stay behind and cover them. Two girls ran forward, one went around the bamboo trees and close to the river.  The adrenaline was rushing through my whole body and I could hear my heart beat in my head.  The girls running forward got kill. I saw two yellow team members right in front of me hiding behind a makeshift barricade.  It was now or never, so I ran forward trying to stay low, shooting and avoiding the cross fire! I know I’m wild.  And it pay off, I got two yellow girls off, sweet!  At this point the entire battle has been going on for no more than 10 minutes and I was exhausted.  My legs felt like they were made from rubber, and the heath was bothering me.  Some more fire was exchange and finally the horn announced the end of the battle.  What a rush!  The red team won the first round.

The rest of the afternoon when by fast while another round was play in the rain, and finally one last game with the flag was play.  We have a blast playing like wild guerrilla girls, we made new friends, and we can’t wait to do it again.  Who knew we could have this kind of fun right in Panama City.  We talked about what a great idea to have a birthday party war theme here, and we learned that companies have their own private party where they bring their employees to play.   Now we are all waiting for the next wild party.