Panama City, PANAMA

I arrived safely in Panama City. Leaving Cartagena, Colombia, was quite an ordeal as everybody got searched and bags entirely unpacked a few times by different lines of security. I was very glad to eventually pass through all the security (searching for drugs and who knows what else)...only then to find out that our flight was delayed for 3 hours.

Spent the weekend exploring Panama City in all directions. Visited the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal just in time to see a maximum sized German container ship passing through....after paying the US$270,000 canal fees. What a sight...and then you stand in awe of this marvel of engineering of the early 1900´s. Also spend a long hike in a national park outside of the city in my search for the ever evading Sloth....to no avail! Will hunt for this spectacular creature in both northern (Caribbean side) and southern (Pacific side) of Costa Rica over the next 7 days.

Monday March 21st I´m off on an 8 hour bus ride to the town of David next the Costa Rica border. From there towards the Caribbean coast of Panama and then cross into Costa Rica on the Carib side by Wednesday.

Adios from Panama City.