Panama City

On our annual "Boys" trip this fall Zach, Devon and I went down to Panama City on our way to meet up with Scott in Havana. Devon had been down a few times before so Zach and I kicked back and let the old pro show us around. We stayed in Quarry Heights a hill overlooking the city and canal that evidently had been part of the old US military base. Great little apartment that worked out well for us with nice folks.

From there we went out and explored the city checking out the amazing skyline. There are so many sky scrapers. It really looks like Miami beach. I had long heard about all the high rise development going on but you have to see it to believe it. We found the best perspective out at a Marina looking back at the city. The marina complex had a lot of slips and many bars and eateries and was a really nice place to grab a couple of cool drinks after walking around. I even saw boats that I recongnized from Lighthouse Point in Florida. Small world if your a yachter I guess.

We also had our driver just take us around. We crossed the Bridge of the Americas and a newer bridge over the canal and did the old watch a container ship go through the canal thing. Needless to say Panama City is a pretty cosmoplitain place especially by Central American standards.

Our driver it turned out had also worked as a boat captain on Survivor Panama and a couple of the south seas seasons as well. Good guy that took good care of us.

That evening we took our drivers advice and hit a nice seafood place for dinner. The place was so fancy we actually chose to sit and eat in the bar but the food was incredible. Zach had the lobster. I got a whole crab cooked in some type of spanish tomato based sauce and Devon got a nice looking piece of Grouper.

After that we hit a couple of Casinos listened to some bands and I made a few donations to the local economy at the craps and black jack tables. The next morning we got up and hit the trail for the next leg of our trip.