You Say Panama...

The first impression that one gets of Panama is that it is a a much bigger, modern city that you might have imagined.  There are a lot of skyscrapers and plenty more under construction.



 






Later, on exploring it more, you discover that it actually has a very under-publicised old city, which is a great area to walk through. 

And it even has a pub brewing its own beer.  Now we're talking!   

La Rana Dorada

Farewelling our tour guide

And drinking...







Unfortunately, exploring Panama isn't entirely straightforward, as there are very few street name signs but my main difficulty with Panama was in saying Pana-manian.  My brain just wanted to say Pa-namian even though I can see that this isn't correct.

I think they should add another "na" in there and called it "Pananama".  That way, they could have the Muppet song as their national anthem.  Imagine that being roared out at the World Cup (minor issue of non-qualification notwithstanding).

From here, it was back to travelling on our own and next stop: Cuba.