Panama City Hostels

... in our typical fashion of staying in relatively cheap but clean places, avoiding the dorms where possible. Although many are called hostels, I would classify many as B&B type places. I think the average price of accommodation will be about $25-35/night ...

So the kick off of the Trip, a Friday night red eye flight from SFO to MIA (Miami, Florida) to PTY (Panama City, Panama) arriving early Saturday afternoon. Flight went fairly well, slightly delayed out of SF but had plenty of time to spare for my ...

... to get into the canal and actually how big Panama City is. Took plenty of pictures, ate some lunch before getting rained on again! Panama City is the most developed city ive been in so far. It has obviously the money from the canal, but also a large ...

... we would have been looking for a place well into the night, which is not at all advised in some parts of Panama City. The two hostels we wanted to stay at, Lunas Castle and Hospedaje Casco Viejo, in the area called Casco Viejo were both full (which we ...

... , much different from green Boquete. There are rocky fences that remind me of Ireland but as you get closer to David and Panama City there is a lot of trash alongside the highway. No government workers to pick it up, a lot less government here. On ...

... nbsp; All-in-all, it's very homey and friendly, and it is SO nice to come home to after running around busy, noisy Panama City!   That has been a very interesting lesson for us, having a good place to  stay can be very ...

... I made this decision because I then was able to have the best time of my life. See the next blog entry for details. While in Panama City you find a familiar feeling of what might be LA or Miami. Thick Latin Culture but with a booming city on it's way to ...

... can´t make my mind up whether Gunther Von Hagens is a sick man or a genius! Tomorrow, we leave Tocumen airport here in Panama City and take a short three hour flight to Miami. We arrive in the afternoon and plan on enjoying the city´s night life. I´m ...

The journey has begun and I have been hanging around Panama City the past four days. Just been walking the streets and eating the cheap and tasty food. 2.50 buys a huge plate. Too much to eat actually. Casco Viejo was a great day trip from the ...

... city so it brings with it all the things that come with capital cities...lots of traffic, lots of people and everything´s big! Panama City however, does have some things going for it, namely, being only an hour from beaches, valleys and a lot & lots ...

... then attempted the local buses to the ruins of the old city. It was a great morning spent exploring what was left of the original Panama City before it was burned by pirates. Very famous five (it reminded me a bit of how we felt at Hadriens`s Villa but ...

I wish I could say that our arrival into Panama City was flawless but we really had an awful day. This may have been the most draining day of the trip so far. We bussed into the city with no real sense of where to go. We didn´t get the impression from ...

... good company) and I was excited to be travelling with them.       Sunday, 19 September, Day 237 Panama City, Panama     I had one day in Panama City before I sailed my smiling face out of there. Even though I ...

... your ID on the street and then let you into this whole block full of bars and clubs. Fun times! After a really great time exploring Panama city, we were off to Carti, Panama to board our 38 foot Catamaran and meet our German captain for our 6 day sailing ...

Friday 18th September 09 The bus from Costa Rica down to Panama City wasn´t too bad at all except for the four hour delay at the border.....seriously.  Four hours standing around waiting.  We got to the Costa Rica/Panama border at half five in ...

... here: Shuttle from Hostel Don Diego to Guatemala City Airport - $28 - 6 hours* TACA Airlines from Guatemala to San Jose to Panama City - $359 - 4 hours Taxi from airport to Panama by Luis guesthouse - $25 - 40 minutes * Normally 4 hours but a chicken bus ...

... ) und Fremdenführer gespielt. Mit Bill zusammen bin ich zu den Miraflores Schleusen gefahren. Der Panamakanal erstreckt sich von Panama City bis nach Colon, an der Atlantikküste. So können Schiffe vom Pazifik in den Atlantik fahren und umgekehrt ohne ...

... having great difficulty getting a taxi as there was a public transport strike.  We flew via Miami (brief stopover) before flying onto Panama City.  Our HC friend met us at the airport and drove us around to a few hotels and hostels before we ...

... for my liking and I quickly pulled the curtain as we passed between two semi's (on 2 lanes of highway). Sketch. We arrived in Panama City super early in the morning, the sun hadn't even come out yet. We waited at the uber fancy Albrook Terminal until ...