The Executive Hotel Panama City

... malaria and yellow fever. It was yellow journalism, though, that helped spur the American effort, when a phony newspaper story about a volcano eruption (it was dormant) caused U.S. senators to back building a canal across Panama instead of Nicaragua. In 1903, a newly independent Panama granted the U.S. a controversial (Panama’s signatory, it turned out, was French, not Panamanian) 99-year territorial lease to build and administer ...

... enterprising kids had even found the red frog to show us. That was it unfortunately, back to the island a quick shower and lunch and off to the airport. And a good job we had gone when we did as the plane left 5 minutes after we got there. They had changed the times, but of course couldn't contact us, no mobile. They had also changed the flight, so we had to go back to Changuinola, then over to David then Panama. Great, a 50 minute flight ends up being 3 hours. Ah well got there in the end.<br>

etter en laaaaang reise har jeg endelig kommet frem til Panama City. Utslitt og trott etter to dogn paa reisefot uten noe saerlig sovn eller mat, har det aldri fristet saa mye med en seng paa et dorm romm paa et hostel :) klar for hva byen og morgendagen har aa by paa.<br>Naa kaller senga saa dette blir en kort beskjed om at jeg er vel fremme :)

... anyway. Need some solid Darryl time. Had a few beers with them after dinner at the hostel, but took off to bed pretty early and listened to some tunes on the old i-pod before dozing off to sleep.<br><br>17th August<br>Ok, another day to kill trying not to spend any money. Thought about going into the ghetto again with my camera, but after yesterday Im a tad put off by that idea!<br>Walked up the shop to buy some things for lunch and dinner and its so f*cking hot at the ...

... by the hour. Many receptionists asked us if we were staying the whole night?! Some of them are drive in´s where you park your car and pull a curtain across so as to protect your identity. As the nicest looking hotel in this area was full we checked in next door. We paid for 24 hours. Ha ha ha ha, and therefore got to check out at 3pm. I am never staying anywhere like that again. It was hideous....your mind goes into overdrive as to what might ...

... table (and table mates), our 5-course meal for the evening, and get dressed up. Some people wore saris or other national/traditional clothing that they picked up during our travels. Some people wore things they had custom-made in Thailand or Vietnam. Others wore suits and gowns that they had brought from home. Everyone looked beautiful though - it was great to see peoples' styles, and even better to see them wearing something ...

... streng beskjed av instruktoeren at naa var det ikke mer kiting paa han, og hvile de neste dagene! Den ene foten hovnet opp, og Live tilbud han bruk av stoettestromper men B takket nei, og gikk med hoven fot i hele 4 dager foer hevelsen gikk ned! Hasta luego chicos! L + B

... which while a bit touristy, give a real sense of wonder at the giant ships passing through, often with only a foot or two to spare. While the Panamanians regained full control of the Canal Zone in 1999, the area still looks and feels like an American suburb.

... und uns direkt in ihre Mitte aufgenommen, natürlich mit einem Willkommensbi**. Sie hatten ein ganzes Boot voll** Equipment (Gen**ator, Beleuchtung, KühltruhEN, Musikanlage,... ) mitgebracht. Mein **st** Gedanke war: Yes, hi** sind wir richtig. (Wir sind übrigens d** Ami Tim und ein Tschechisches Pärchen aus Prag : Jan und Denisa) Franklin Island lässt sich in we***** als 8 Minuten gemütlich umrunden, rings h ...

... watched us and we smiled back as we took in our surroundings and got used to seeing spanish all over the shops, billboards and road signs. (wishing now that I´d worked ********* my spanish before leaving...I keep speaking French to people, the brain´s not adjusting very well) We´re staying at Zuly´s an open air colourful backpackers just off Via Espagne where when you approach the hostel the lady on the balcony throws you down the key (which to try to ...