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...

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...

It has been a long day on the busses from Boquete but I am here and found a hotel. I have some stuff to do in the morning and some sight seeing then I will update this. The bus station at Albrook is massive. It is the biggest bus station I have ever been in. The traffic is chaotic cos there is also a shopping Ctr at the bus station and a huge one across the road. On the way in I saw the Panama Canal. It wasn what I was expecting, but I will show you in a couple o...