Yesterday, I took a one hour flight from Nicaragua to Panama. I only have one full day in Panama City so I had to start early. My (2nd hotel) was in the old town of Casco Viejo. This is really a charming town that is in process of going from slums to a high rent district. There are quite a few sites to see here including an old city wall, church...

Day: 106 Location: Panama City, Panama Crossing into Costa Rica the contrast in development between the regionŽs poorest country to the wealthiest was evident. Whilst its neighbours were suffocating under civil wars, Costa RicaŽs leaders were aboloshing its armed forces and establishing a tourist industry around conservation - 27% of the country...

Well this is the Panama entry.... and I can say that I thought Panama airport was great. Everything open, nice and friendly, it was pretty and kind of quirky in the middle of the jungle. I am just getting locals looking at me funny being the only person around not Latin American I think apart from clare. Its very funny with everyone staring... W...

Our decision to stop for a couple of nights in Panama city turned out to be a good one! One because the canal is cool....but mainly cause we could drink some real beer! We arrived in the evening....after a long annoying day of waiting around, and the first thing that hit us was the heat! It was really humid. We stupidly hadnt realised it would b...

Just a quick stop over on our way to South America. The bus ride here from Costa Rica was 12 hours, our longest to date, but IŽm sure weŽll improve on that later on...

Back in Panama city to head out with Vance and Luke, also got the chance to take some sweet shots from Vance's balcony.

Arrived in Panama at 6.30pm tonight. Struggled in the airport transfer to keep up a Spanish conversation with two Colombian girls, and the free airport transer actually cost $15, yey! I was so tired, I ate nothing and went to bed.

We spent our final days in Central America relaxing and taking life easy! Panama City has two very different styles - when we stood on the seafront we could see huge skyscrapers to our left but to the right was the old town with small, colonial buildings. One of our days was spent exploring the old town followed by a lazy afternoon at the cinema...