Deville Hotel Panama City

... the same direction we are. The scenery though the Lake reminds me of the inside passage between the BC coast and Vancouver Island, although this is all fresh water, it&#8217;s hotter, and there&#8217;s the odd crocodile along the shore.<br><br>Leaving Gatun Lake, we enter the 12.6km Culebra Cut, which is the narrowest part of the Panama Canal. It is during this time we pass through the Continental Divide. It&#8217;s kind of neat to see ...

... complete with a soundtrack including Celine Dion AND New Kids on the Block). The first thing we all noticed was the difference in temperature- Panama City is about 4 million degrees hotter than Boquete. No joke. We were not prepared. But at least we got to sweat out all those toxins from the night before! <br><br>Our hostel was in Casco Viejo, the old city, which was founded back in 1637 (or something) by Capt. Henry Morgan. It's a combination of the ...

... mango is good and mushy peel off the top where it had been attached to the tree, squeeze and suck!!! Once all of the juice is out peel off the rest of the skin and enjoy the fiber stringy goodness. <br><br>The rain was pretty hard so we walked back to where we had put up our sign on the dock and were stopped by the immigration officer. He needed our passports, which we did not have. We had copies, but he needed to see the stamp into Panama. Note to ...

... I mean really, who would have ever thought you could poke lava with a stick! Plus there was the stock standard stuff: climbing ruins, visiting gorgeous colonial towns, beaches, mountains and forests. I mean, how the hell am I possibly going to be able to go back to work ever, especially after another 7 months in South America.<br><br>Another thing that has surprised me is how developed and westernised some places are in Central America, yet you walk 3 streets from where ...

... a lock held my attention for not very long. Paul will tell you all about it though...<br><br>We also popped down to a wildlife park not far from the Canal. This was our chance to see those pesky animals that hide from you in the jungle. As it was a weekday there was noone there, not even to take our money and we wondered if the ticket person was sleeping and when a policemen appeared at the window we wondered if the ticket person was sleeping with ...

... to make sure they are decent quality. But over all, the shopping is awesome if you find the right stores! Many Panamanians speak English too. This has to do with the canal the fact that up until recently many American soldiers were stationed in city to help monitor the canal, which the US completely owned until the 70s. I went to the Canal museum called ...

On our 2nd last day we had our last walk on the beach, packed up and went to our favorite place for breakfast before heading to Panama City for the day. Tom and Tracey asked our waiter if he knew anyone that could tour us around the city and he did...his brother Amado. He got Amado on the phone and Tom arranged for him to meet us at the hotel at 1:00. Right on time Amado showed up and agreed to spend the next 4 hours with us showing us the ...

... the ambience is lively and the food is great. I think we had 12-13 different courses, they are served as tapas and shared between us. Our waiter was really nice and her English was excellent. She said she learned English while growing up watching television, mostly children's shows. We had a long dinner and then asked the restaurant to call us a taxi. I asked our waiter to make sure the driver knew how to get to La Estancia, he did and we were home at 10:30pm

... you could possibly hope for in h'ors d'ouevres and followed by a real gourmet meal. The bands yes bands in the plural were great and everyone was dancing and having a real great time. The Latinos really know how to party. Of course all the liquor and Sam's tequila made us all quite happy! The following day Sam &amp; Michelle hosted a deli meal for those of us who were still in town. Sid and I then went on to St. Louis where we were ...

... morning. While he was gone I wrenched the bike and changed the oil. I then prepared everything for tomorrow, we have to drop the bikes off a day in advance at the Air Carrier. Sorry I should explain why we are flying the bikes to Columbia.... The Pan American Highway ends literally at the town of Yaviza in Panama. At this point there is apx 200 miles of dense jungle between Panama and Columbia called the Darien Gap before the ...