The day started with the usual breakfast from the bakery next door - croissants, empanadas and coffee. David wanted to see theTicos play England so while he did that, Maria did some research on Colombia. After the game, we went to the Multiplaza mall, the bigger of the closest malls. Maria managed to buy some new clothes today so that put a smile on her face. The Colombia-Japan game was being shown everywhere in mall, virtually every shop has a TV and there ...

Casco Viejo is Panama's Old Town although it's not the original city. The original city was about 10km east and destroyed by Pirate Morgan in 1671. The city was re-founded in 1673 inCasco Viejo. We took the metro to Cinco de Mayo in the Caledonian district. It wasn't the nicest part of town and theneighbouring residences were bordering on being slums. It was only a few minutes walk down the main road, and definitely not one you would do at night, down to the fi...

As if every day is not really a lazy day for us, we decided to have a proper lazy day - it was Sunday after all. The curtains in the room are really thick and no matter how bright the sun is outside, it's still '2am dark' in the room. That combined with the comfiest bed and pillows ever, it was mid morning before we woke. We took a walk up Via Argentina in search of the New York Bagel Cafe for brunch. It had good reviews and supposedly frequented by local ex-pa...

We decided to be 'proper' tourists today and took the City Sightseeing Bus Tour. It's a hop on, hop off bus service that has two loops round the city taking in the most popular spots. We walked down to Multicentro Mall for the pick up with the intention of getting to the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal for 10am. We were in good time for the 9am departure but the bus wasn't, it didn't leave for another 10 minutes. The bus finally set off and followed Avenue...

We took a walk through the city from our hotel to Iglesia del Carmen and towards the coast and Bahia de Panama. The walk up Via Espana to the church was a busy street with both traffic and pedestrians. The street is lined with shops and there are a few malls set back from the road. Crossing the road in the city is a bit of a challenge, half the times there is no pedestrian light and the zebra crossings are mostly ignored by drivers.After a quick photo of the chur...