Panama City. Old meets new and even older. Three cities in one. The original Panama was ransacked by infamous pirate Henry Morgan who frequented this part of the world in 1600s. The city was abandoned and the new one was built later at a different site, now known as Casco viejo. This area is characterised by mainly spanish colonial and (I think) some french architecture and is absolutely beautiful! There are churches and squares, narrow streets, museums, a few ma...

That's it, our Central American adventure has nearly finished. A week in Panama marks the final countdown! Like in Costa Rica, we decided to split our time between two locations. This is somewhat a diversion from the original plan to visit Bocas del Toro, then stay one day in Boquete (a mountainous region, well known for the coffee farms) and then travel by overnight bus to Panama City. Considering that the experience of the mountains in Monteverde was more than ...