I blogged daily during the trip, but something happened each time and wouldnt allow the blogs to post. I will finish the trip up with a blog that covers everything we did from the 20th till the 22nd. I am sitting in the Tocum airport in Panama City now. june 20th We started the day of with our ritual of cashing 200 in travelers checks at the Banco de National. After that we caught a cab to the Albrook mall. The Albrook Mall is PCP's newest mall, and it...

yesterdays blog post did not work out well on my phone, so i am covering two days here. Wednesday started out rough. we brought most of our money in travelors checks, and none of the banks wanted to cash them, not even hsbc. after walking for miles in the banking district we found that the national bank of panama will cash 200 per day. we later found a check cashing store that will cash the for four percent. we ate lunch at a local restaurant with panamanian...

After 14 hours of travel, Ali and I finally arrived in PCP. after clearing customs and getting our tourist visas we found our luggage and took a cab to the hotel. the hotel is nice in a basic sort of way. the rooms are decent sized and very clean. the hotel staff was more than accomidating, and they helped us with our luggage and answered questions. after getting settled, we walked down to the Venito casino. The casino was large, but different from Americ...

It is Tuesday morning, and Ali and I leave for Panama City, Panama today. we have a long day of traveling with a 3 hour layover in Dallas today. The plane flight leaves at 12:25PM to Dallas, and we will eventually arrive in PCP around 9:55PM tonight. The last few days have been busy. Ali and I just finished packing last night. I am sure we have forgotten a few select important items, but procrastination is what I do... I actually went to this thing calle...