Downtown Panama City, as seen from the nearby island of Flamenco....reminds me of Manhattan, no?
Ok, look closely. This is a city bus, decorated in the most AWESOME manner. It´s basically an old US school bus which is then repainted to look like a party bus from the 70´s. Some even had streamers attached to the wheels.
I love this picture...in the foreground is a tower from the ruins of Panama Viejo, which was the original Panama City before it was destroyed (BY THE WELSH HENRY MORGAN IN 1671 - just for you, "Roman"!.)...and in the background is one of the modern highrises of downtown ´new´ Panama City, which is the most developed city in Central America.
Old church next to old colonial buildings in the area of Casco Viejo, where our hostel was.
Our street, which we WERE allowed to walk down....as opposed to others.
On almost every corner, there were at least two policemen, telling us which streets we could walk down and which we should avoid for safety reasons. They said if there is no policeman on the next corner, we shoud not even walk down that block!
(Sorry parents!)
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Julia (pronounced hooooooolllliiiaiaaaaaaaaa) we arrive in Yelapa, Mexico on the 23rd of April. See you there???
thanks for the consideration, but who the heck was Henry Morgan and what was he doing in Panama, from Wales, of all paces, destroying it, I may add, in 1671?
Bob
Happy Valentine's Day, schweetie!
Your trip looks and sounds amazing!
Loved the little boy in the mercado - too cute! (cockfight, not so cute)
How's the Caribbean?
How about reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
and
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, inspiring true story of health clinic in Haiti?
love you and miss you,
mama
i love you hoolia... and i love the pictures! post more post more!
you guys should totally walk down those blocks.....JUST KIDDING, DON'T!
My Dad and I must have promenaded down some of the streets that you were not 'allowed' to visit. Evidently we didn't have the council you have been so fortunate to have. What an amazing city though. It's great to see that you are hitting up many of the same spots I did!
Your Mom is right on the money with the Kidder book. Great read!
Parker
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