Blogs from Panama City, Panamá, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 19

Well finally left the carribean island of Utila. Enjoyed chilling at Rainbow Village in La Ceiba for a few days before flying to the Pacific coast of Panama. RV was a really nice place small, friendly, quiet and safe. Basically sat by the pool, read two books and drunk the odd cold beer ! Only met a few people there mainly couples except Gary and his French friend from Chigaco ( sorry can't remember her name) who were heading to Utila for some diving, including helping to teach disabled divers. No dogs following me here but I did have a 3 year old Margaret keep wanting me to for a swim and teach me the alphabet! Got to La Ceiba airport only to be told that the tower was not working so my flight cancelled. So ... read more

On Tuesday the heavens opened. It was the first rain I've had in three months and by George did it more than make up for it. It's like the rain in England when it really pours it down, and then some. It was unexpected, but still quite nice. It's rained every day since, but only for an hour or two max, but when it's not raining it's still very hot and humid. I've whizzed through Costa Rica and also most of Panama, and am now down in Panama City waiting for a boat to Colombia. San Jose I really liked - the Lonely Planet (awful book) gives it a bad rep and I think undeservedly. Admittedly there's not much to do there (the best thing we found was a cool science museum for kids that we ... read more

Hi All, Omer and I will cooperate in this entry to tell you about the time we have spent in Panama city. Casco Viejo is the old area of Panama city - it has massive colonial style buildings, which many of them were restored in recent years and now host restaurants, bars, hotels, different souvenir shops and many stalls of handicrafts and arts - some are real constructed stalls, some are a simple sheet placed on the sidewalk and on it the articles are shown for sale. Yet, there are still many locals living in the area. We have spent the first afternoon walking in this area, enjoying the light sea breeze, the scenery and watching the different handicrafts that are gathered here from all the different areas of Panama. We have encountered many women of ... read more

Hola! After a mini road trip, three flights (covering most of the eastern U.S), an overpriced Panamanian cab ride, a breif Panama city tour in the back of Policia car, and a pleaseant yander with professor ¨Octavio¨, myself and Jessica find ourselves waking a little groggy, after some Soberana and Panama, in Zullys hostel.The majority of our time thus far has been orienting ourselves with the city while avoiding the suburbs labelled ¨STAY THE HELL OUT OF HERE!¨, inbetween numerous mid-day siestas and meals of arroz con pollo. Panama for the most part is what we expected it to be, A very metro, miami'esk, city center surrounded by poorer slums. The Panamanians are extremely friendly and helpfull, in our first day here we we're driven to our hostel by some enthusiastic police officers, and enjoyed ... read more

(Joce) Simon and I left the crew for a side trip of our own…Panama City. Allyne and Jordan had already visited on a previous trip, and assured us that driving in the city was hell, so we took the bus. We got there in one piece, 4 ½ hours later and made our way to our hotel, and then tried to find a guy named Jonny to drive us around, but ended up settling on a taxi. We picked up my uncle Ken and Aunt Janine, and planned on seeing all the sights in a day, before returning to Las Tablas by bus. There were a few hiccups along the way, for instance the person who was to let us into our accommodation wasn’t there, and it was quite a challenge to get into the building. ... read more