Panama City Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

Today I got up and had lunch with Anna and Lily on deck six before heading back to my room to work on my movie and pack for the majority of the afternoon. I hung out with Audrey and Jessica for a while in the late afternoon and then went to preport for Ft. Lauderdale with them. It was a comical preport where some of the students on board made fu...

I was woken by the early leavers in the hostel dormitory, this is not really my style! I went out for coffee with a fellow guest who was leaving, and ended up having breakfast.
We have planned to go to the Milflores lock today and hopefully see a ship going through. After a few minor detours we find the tourist centre and pay our $8 entry fee...

We had an early wake-up call at 5am to catch a cab ride with Jose (the man behind most of our scheduled taxi rides) to the train station. Got a seat on the Panama Canal Railway inside the observation car as we traveled from the Pacific to the Atlantic side of Panama. The train was a good way to get the whole view of the canal and lake, but a lit...

After looking around for plane tickets to South America, we finally decided to book with Copa airlines from Panama City to Lima, Peru, $500 one way online at Copaair.com. Most travel agencies have quoted far higher prices, so we decided against giving fat commissions to travel agents and booked directly online. This means we have to travel by bu...

We arrived this morning in Panama city, under the beautiful sun. The view from the plane was great. We took Copa Airlines, which I thought was great but Sean thought it was freezing. He covered himself with a blanket for the whole trip and looked like E.T.!

We took the bus to town (only $1!) and it was packed, just like the buses in Guat...

Well, it was an early start from Boquete and a long day ahead. We left the hotel at the crack of dawn and caught the bus to David. For once, we could even see the volcano - Volcan Baru, as we rumbled out of town. In David, with a surprisingly well signposted bus terminal, we boarded the next bus to Panama City. A long journey of 7 hours followed...

I have been in Panama City for almost two weeks and now have a few photographs to show. Panama Viejo Starting with Panama Viejo, the old Panama City founded in 1519 by Spain. It was a thriving city that provided a port for ships carrying plundered gold up the coast of South America. It was destroyed by the Pirate Henry Morgan in 1671. There is ...

One 3.5 hour flight south and we begin the first leg of our a-t-w journey (surprisingly we´ll spend the next 4 months covering the same distance heading north). As expected, we´ve blown our budget the first day in Panama City...a good start. Our day was spent on a walking tour strolling through Casco Viejo (the old city), which is full of histor...

Our final destination in Central America!!!!! Our time in Panama City was spent preparing to leave!! Seriously, we had to organise a package to be sent home... at that took at least a day. We really spoiled ourselves here... for the 3 nights we were in Panama City.. our dinners consisted of the following... Dominoes Pizza, McDonalds Meal and Chi...

This City really surprised me! Just imagine the following: Casinos like Las Vegas, high rise buildings like New York, a old town center like Venice, 150 year old nicely refurbished buildings next to slums, a developed former America area next to a destroyed area from the former government Noriegas, shopping like London, black markets I have neve...