Panama City, Panama

At the Panama Canal

 After a really long bus ride from Bocas I finally arrived in Panama City and went to Zuly´s hostel where the boys had been for a while trying to import Utah into Panama so that they could sell the car and leave the country. Sean and Jordan has plans of spending Carnaval in Brasil and Danny was planning on going to Colombia. 

I ended up being in Panam City a little bit longer than I had planned but it was worth the wait and I was able to figure out my boat transportation and book an amazing catamaran with Ayako and her friends. It was in Panama City that I went to a casino and played blackjack for the first time and had a really fun time making $20. I do not like gambling, but going with a group of people from the hostel and having a table full, cheering everytime someone won was a lot of fun. While in Panam City I also visited the main tourist attraction; the Panama Canal and was able to see a few ships going through. It is very crazy how they lift and lower the ships, how important it is for global economy and how many huge ships cross the canal a day.  

Panama City is very developed and the waterfront is very beautiful with lots of room to run and exercise. It also has gigantic shopping malls and is very different than the other Central American capitals.

Other than that I waited, explored the old part of the city and helped the guys sell the van, which they did at the end to a Brazilian guy traveling with a friend from Argentina. It all worked out great and the boys were finally free to go. Jordan and Sean were the first to leave, then I left the next morning and Danny later decided to take a bus to Costa and fly home to Australia. It was the final good-bye, I would no longer see my traveling buddies, but it wasn´t just to the that I was saying bye, it was also the time to leave Central America and to remember all of the amazing times I had and to look forward to all of the wonders that South America had waiting for me. 

(unfortunately all of my pictures from Panama City were accidently sent home and won´t be able to be published them till way later )