Boys and girls,
After a seven weeks race through the North- and Central-American subcontinents, we finally arrived in Panamá, La Ciudad.
Burnt by pirates, bombed by the US (during the Noriega-era) Panamá always provails. It's a modern-day metropolis with skyscrapers, highways, musea, clubs and an enchanting 'Casco Viejo' (old town) that takes you back to the Panamá of the 50's.
After a seven weeks race through the North- and Central-American subcontinents, we finally arrived in Panamá, La Ciudad.
Burnt by pirates, bombed by the US (during the Noriega-era) Panamá always provails. It's a modern-day metropolis with skyscrapers, highways, musea, clubs and an enchanting 'Casco Viejo' (old town) that takes you back to the Panamá of the 50's.
And last but not least, Panamá has one great asset: The continental divide, also known as "The Panama-Canal". An 80km long artificial waterway, connecting the pacific ocean to the Gatún Lake and from there into the Carribean. Constructed by France and the United States, Panamá finally gained control over the canal-zone in 1999. Taking into account that ships have to pay as much as up to $200.000 to use this waterway, Panamá is now well underway to become the economic and financial heart of Centro America.
Everyone should see this magical place. Now we're off to the land of sugar; Colombia!
Everyone should see this magical place. Now we're off to the land of sugar; Colombia!
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