We made it! Spent a lovely afternoon watching Top Gun in our hostel in Bocas (such a classic, needed some Tom Cruise action...) before heading over to the mainland. Slight panic when the bus was full, but luckily there were a few no shows so we managed to get the overnight bus to Panama City. Haz and J were ok as they were sat at the front of the bus, but as I was near the back I felt dangerously sick going over the mountains... luckily no vomit for me!
We arrived in Panama City at the Luna's Castle hostel at 4.30am and luckily found a sofa each to crash out on... slept so well we didn't move until 9.15am when others were awake around us... a little embarrassing!
Staying in the old part of Panama City, Casco Viejo (think that's the right spelling), which is beautifully dilapidated after Welsh Henry Morgan plundered the city in the 1600s. Declared a world heritage site by UNESCO, it's now being conserved, but is still much a work in progress, with the random wall up with no building behind it...!
Walked around for a bit and saw the skyline of the main Panama city with its skyscrapers (although to be fair we can see this from our hostel!) Also looked and watched the ships waiting in the Pacific ocean waiting to enter the canal. Visited the Miraflores lock this afternoon and watched a massive boat go through it. Was really cool to see, but basically it's just a lock, but because it's on the Panama Canal it's special. But glad we saw it.
Managed to also find a shopping mall (actually got lost in it,) but managed to pick up some more tops (the others are very grateful as mine are falling to bits and a tad indecent...), the essential toiletteries for girlies, and ended up watching the new James Bond film. So a really good day! Shame couldn't have been a tad more cultural, so tomorrow we're going to have to decide to either stay and look at the causeway on the Pacific Coast and see more sights and an art gallery, or go swimming in a waterfall..... whichever we do we'll be making use of the beautiful free pancakes for breakfast!
So not much else to report just now, but hope everyone's keeping safe and well. Think am being bitten by little beasties so am going to go and move somewhere else. Chat soon,
Muchos love,
al xxxxx
ps will be in Panama city tomorrow, then fly to Quito in Equador at 5am local time here on Wednesday. xxx
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