Panamania Day 6: Old Town, and then some
After a full morning of birding, playing with monkeys, or exploring Panama, my mom and I would retreat in the late afternoons to the rooftop lounge of our Best Western hotel. Sometimes we’d hang out in the pool. Or I’d get creamed in cribbage. Occasionally I’d look up from the roof to see a kettle…
Panamania Day 5: Altos de Campana
Reunited again with our guide Saul, it was time to explore Panama’s oldest national park, Altos de Campana. Established in 1966, the 4,817 acre park is located on the western slopes of the Panama Canal and unlike other parts of Panama we’d seen so far, it is higher elevation, including the eastern-most peaks of the…
Panamania Day 4: Monkey Islands
For something different, we scheduled a Monkey Island Tour on our fourth day in Panama. We weren’t sure what to expect, this was another tour we’d scheduled months in advance, and the guide was set to pick us up early in the morning from the hotel. This was the first morning we were able to…