Intercontinental Miramar Panama

... from my group), Alicia´s fiancé, Isaías, and Jenny Lee (nica 37´s favorite volunteer) all went out to the Intercontinental hotel for the Cicely´s and my last "goodbye" champagne brunch.  For four hours we engorged ourselves with champagne, ...

... . The canal is pretty impressive, 50km of canal through the Panamanian mountains. It is, since 31st Dember 1999, owned entirely by Panama, having been officially handed over form the USA. Boats pay to use the canal depending on how much cargo they are ...

... of the big trucks, so the crossing was pretty quiet. It took us an hour in total, our second fastest crossing. The weather in Panama wasn't great, still raining quite a lot, though the roads seemed to be in better condition, mainly as they were less ...