Month: November 2010
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Day 53 – Multiplaza (Panama, Panama)
We took a cab to the new part of Panama City in the morning. The business district looked clean and modern, with many skyscrapers – banks, hotels, and apartment buildings. We spent walking around for about an hour and then continued to the oldest part of the city – Panama Viejo. The historic site was…
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Day 52 – Taboga Island (Panama, Panama)
Vadim and Frank decided to take a boat to Taboga Island in the Pacific Ocean. The ferry left at 8 am and it took them about an hour to reach the destination. After a quick breakfast on the island, they hit the beach. Taboga is a fairly small island but with beautiful nature. One could…
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Day 51 – The Canal (Panama, Panama)
After a vegan breakfast of some fruits that we found in the fridge, we went to pick up our laundry in a crumbling building that was located a couple of blocks away from the hotel. A smiling man greeted us in a long dark room without windows, full of aging top-loading washers and dryers. It…
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Day 50 – Casco Viejo Continued (Panama, Panama)
Vadim and Frank drove to Colon to meet a couple of shipping agents and came back in the afternoon with more info and quotes. Container shipping was the only option for Frank, and he needed to find more people to share the available container space and reduce cost. Unfortunately for him, we decided to ship…
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Day 49 – Casco Viejo (Panama, Panama)
It was a chilly morning. Vadim put everything he had on to keep himself warm: two pairs of socks, thermal base layer and even motorcycle jacket liner. Gintaras chattered his teeth from cold, while hiding in a fetal position under a thin cotton bed sheet. We had no idea it could get that cold in…