Here are my first impressions of Panama... First of all, do whatever you need to do in the morning, unless you want to get VERY wet doing it. I tried, and tried again, I got soaked every time, so now, my planning goes with the weather, and I make sure I´m inside by 1pm! Believe me, when it rains here, it doesn´t half do it, it´s the proper 'oh oh I think it's raining season' rain! It looks like Panama is richer than Costa Rica. Well, not eactly that, but it´s like the rich are richer (there are some lovely houses round here!), but unfortunately, the poor seem to be very poor, I have seen houses that to me looked like chicken sheds... And finally, I expected that, but it´s still fun to see how true
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