OK, today I am going to see some condos in downtown Panama City. There should be a lot of them, because all I can see from my hotel is a veritable forest of gleaming steel and glass spires towering over Panama Bay and points beyond. Continue reading
Panama Is Easy
That’s my first impression. Panama City is a thoroughly cosmopolitan metropolis with all of the good (and bad) that conveys: potable water, new roads, uber-modern architecture, lightning fast Internet, lots of traffic, and more than its share crime and people in too much of a hurry, if not downright rude. It’s easy to get around here, even if you don’t speak Spanish, there’s a plethora of American-style restaurants, hotels, and brand name stores, and there are LOTS of other Americans here, especially in the city center. They even use American Samolians for cash. Easy? You bet.
Cheap? Not so much. Continue reading
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Roads Less Traveled 
The Panama Canal
My initial plan coming to Panama was not to see the Panama Canal. After all, it’s just a big ditch, right? Wrong. Missing out on this sight means missing out on Panama altogether. This engineering marvel is so inextricably tied to this land and its people that you can honestly say that the Panama Canal IS Panama. Continue reading →