A pout in Panama

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March 15th 2011

Published: April 12th 2011

I couldn’t do what I wanted to do in Panama, so I sulked and came home early. To be fair, this is only the second time in the last five years’ travelling that I haven’t managed to get to where I wanted to go because of logistical and security (rather than simple lack of time) reasons. The first was in Rwanda when, despite getting to the towns at the northern and southern ends of Lake Kivu,... Read Full Entry

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Elizabeth Weir

Weir travels

I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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unexpectedly fairytale church in central Panama City

Plaza de la Independencia, Casco Viejo

Santo Domingo, Casco Viejo

the ruins of Club de Clases y Tropas and the city skyline from Casco Viejo

street art, Casco Viejo

Iglesia Catedral and Plaza de la Independencia, Casco Viejo

city skyline and the Muelle Fiscal

Corredor Sur and the modern city from Panamá Viejo

I walked all that way for THIS??

Footsore, I finally reach what is purportedly the oldest bridge in the Americas - Puente del Rey, Panamá Viejo

distant sloth, Parque Natural Metropolitana

what does he know that I don't?

I emerge near the top of Cerro Ancón to find a black vulture waiting for me

the new city from the top of Cerro Ancón

Panamanian flag at the top of Cerro Ancón

tails it is!

white-nosed coatis in Parque Natural Metropolitana

12th April 2011

Juanes
Jason Burnett

buen viaje
Hi LIZ, good to see you have travelled and enjoyed central america a little . I like your pictures overlooking panama city, did not manage to find that place ! Hope you enjoyed nicargua also, onoe of my favourite places in central america.

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