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| Blending in at the Panama Canal |
WHERE (less detailed): capital of Panama
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| the best thing about having no expectations is that you're always pleasantly surprised |
WEATHER IS: humid with violent rain followed by sunshine. Muggy and hot throughout.
DAYS: t-74 to 72.
DAYS: t-74 to 72.
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| even just by ordinary streets |
FOOD IS: while the lobster and shrimps served above the local fish market was a real let-down we turned things around with some outstanding sushi in the old town.
PEOPLE ARE: the locals are friendly but still unwilling to look at maps. At night we enjoyed the company of our heavy drinking fellow sailors from the San Blas Islands catamaran trip.
PEOPLE ARE: the locals are friendly but still unwilling to look at maps. At night we enjoyed the company of our heavy drinking fellow sailors from the San Blas Islands catamaran trip.
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| or not so ordinary buildings |
DID YOU KNOW: the average price paid by boats to sail through the canal is $30,000. The smallest amount was $0.36 paid by American swimmer Richard Halliburton to swim through it.
HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS: simply being able to stand up on after spending 4hrs squashed in the boot seat of a 4x4 on our way to Panama City ... certainly not opening our backpacks to find the torrential rain during the drive had soaked all our clothes and nearly ruined two of Rhaanis favorite t-shirts... the unusual but still delicious Caesar Salad sushi served in a picturesque square in the old town ... the accompanying apple martini's and best bottle of Sav Blanc enjoyed in South America ... the Panama Canal and hearing how "thousands of workers valiantly gave their lives to ensure the success of the project" I thought China had a good line of propaganda ....
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| thousands died so that a ruddy big boat could take a short-cut |
... watching a container vessel be lowered through the Miraflores lock part of the canal ... the surprisingly beautiful architecture of Panama old town. Arriving with next to no expectations we were delightfully surprised to see that old Panama City is a Havana-lite place ... The interesting architecture of modern Panama City's financial area ... certainly not Paul's fruitless search for an open Taco Bell restaurant ... the $1 a bottle of beer happy hour offer at Oldies bar with a classic 80s soundtrack.
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| certainly not the 137 to Oxford Street |
UP NEXT: a 27hr bus/bus/ferry/bus journey that takes us on a whistlestop tour of San Jose, Costa Rica and lands us beachside for 7-days of surf and yoga.
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