After 8 hours of total travel time spread across two planes, a fire near the landing strip, a wild ride with a Panamanian driver named Carlos and an awkward encounter with the older couple already settled into "my" room, I have reached my destination: the Riande Granada Hotel and Casino in Panama City, Panama. Oh, I almost forgot to mention the Panamanian immigration lady, who asked if I wanted a Panamanian girlfriend and said she would look me up on Facebook. It seems "the gift" remains, regardless of the country. :P
This will be a short post, since I need to get to bed early. However, I wanted to make a note on the city: it is booming with life!! The traffic, the people and the dimly-lit black building with a sign out front that says "Secretos" with a naked lady's silhouette. I kid. I kid. I know I am noting the wrong things about Panama, but then again, I have only been here for 3 hours. I am certain that it is full of wonderful people with wonderful personalities, families and stories. I hope I get to meet some of them in the near future.
Tomorrow, I set out early again with Carlos, meet another member of the Sea Lion Crew, Leah, and finally reach the ship in Colón. ONWARD!!....to bed.
an older couple settled into your room? Kinda want more information on that one. Lol
ReplyDeleteApparently, the front desk had already given the room to this particular older couple, who I walked in on as they were getting comfortable...I am sure that they were a little on edge during the remainder of the night, fearing someone else might just mosey into their room in the middle of the night, haha.
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