Have cancelled my next hotel in the city now that I have seen more but couldn't come back to this nice one so have pushed boat out and going to Sofitel which is the old landmark beautiful place. Like staying at Raffles or the Peninsula. A truly once in a lifetime experience. Across from my little hotel is the much more expensive one which has a little cafe called Vera. I have a breakfast there then took this pic which shows the ubiquitous locks on the railing, the city of Panama which is almost exclusively residential and was built over the past 26 years and also the marvellous circular road which thus enables cars to Void driving through the congested old town, the Casco Viejo with its old colonial type buildings which sparkle in the sunshine. No thunderstorms yet as I saw predicted. As its Monday all government museums etc are closed so Im just going to spend the day wandering the old town. Found the Geisha coffee shop. I'm neither the old...
Took a taxi down to the Flamenco Marina to pick up a bus ride to then pick up a boat for a transit of half of the canal. All well but one has to remember this is mañana country. So we left 2 hours later than expected. This long causeway was built by hand to join the mainland to the island. The conference centre closed today. Maersk containers by the tens of thousands. It is a family owned Danish company. Elephant grass on the slopes of the lake and lots of terraces to stabilise the hillsides. These are navigation beacons. The gates closing. In the lock. this is the Singapore port on the Pacific side. On the opposite bank is the massive Hong-Kong Hutchinson port. These are the subject of intense irritation to Trump. We hadan e collect guide with plenty of information. Took th...