I wanted to go to Colon today but I couldn't make it happen so I had to go to plan B. I was heading to Albrook for breakfast and decided to use the Hop on Hop off bus cos I can go for a few hours today. That would save me the 35cents train fare. The plan was going well but we missed Albrook. They don't stop there on the first trip? I guess it pays to read the brochures they give out. My plan was to have breakfast at Albrook then ride the bus again to Casco Viejo....

This morning I went to Albrook on the way to the Canal. I had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. At a cost of $8.50 I certainly won't be going back. It was very ordinary and the Iced Coffee was terrible. I gotta stop thinking I can get decent iced coffee. The only place to get that is KFC in China. I thought Dunkin Donuts would be OK, being American but it was *****. So I went back to the Miraflores Locks again cos I wanted to see a big container ship go through. Lucky...

i gotta put this up seperate cos I **** myself. When I got off the boat this morning someone gave me a flyer for their restaurant. The one where I'm staying is crazy expensive. Langostina that I was paying $12 for at Cay Caulker is $55 here. So I have to walk around the airport to get there so I will show you that. At the restaurant I asked, in my best Spanish, what is the pescado (fish) of the day. He said Mahi Mahi so I said I will have a go at that. Well the f...

I'm on Contadora island. It is one of the Pearl islands and the have done a few series of survivor here. I rmember Survivor Pearl Island, and they did anAllstars here and at least one other one. There have also been a couple of other ones like Survivor South Africa and Survivor Bulgaria have done series here. In the shows the survivors are on Mogo Mogo island and the crew take over Contadora. I of course will not be going to Mogo Mogo cause ther is nothing there....

The whole country revolves around the canal. This is by far the most affluent city in Central America and all because of the canal. They have just completed the expansion of a third canal that is much bigger then the original two. Let me get through some stats. It is 80km from coast to coast and takes between 8&10 hr to transit. The average cost is $100,000 but can be up to $400,000 in the old canal and $800,000 in the new one The ships pay by weight Ships a...