{"id":4357,"date":"2016-08-12T10:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T17:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:12:26","slug":"back-in-panama-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=4357","title":{"rendered":"Back in Panama City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in Panama City and we stayed in the area of El Congrego as its very safe, has lots of restaurants to go to and is central to most of the things we want to do, including visiting dentists and specialists.<\/p>\n

The walk down to and along Avenida Boulevard, which is right on the water front is always a treat as there are lots of families out enjoying the pathways exercising and there’s lots to see.<\/p>\n

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Arriving at Casco Viejo we were surprised how much it had changed since we had last been here in July 2014. It just keeps getting better. The streets look much cleaner as they have now all been tiled, the parks are clean and tidy, the facades of the buildings have been painted and construction is way down. We were impressed as we thought it was going to take a long time to sort this area out.
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We caught the metro out to Allbrook Mall, which is a bargain at 0.35 each. Allbrook is also the main hub for the bus station and domestic air flights. We visited the hardware stores getting ready for our return to the boat, one of the only places in a mall Brett doesn’t mind going and boy oh boy he can shop when he wants to…..<\/p>\n

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You don’t see bus stations this busy in Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

We hired Rogelio, recommended by lots of cruisers, to take us to Pricemart for food provisions and various other stores for things we couldn’t find at the hardware stores at Allbrook. We filled Rogelio’s van to the top and will call him again for help later. Rogelio – phone 507-6717-6745 or maago50@yahoo.com
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It was back to the boat, which we had left at Panamarina\u00a0to dump all our stuff off and deal with it. Eeeek!
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I came across this sloth at the marina walking across the road.<\/p>\n

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Lots of familiar faces and boats that we know from the Rio Dulce so that’s nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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