Days 82 and 83: Boca del Toro to Panama City

Day 82:

We caught a boat back to Almirante in the morning, and were back on the road by 11 am. Most of the riding on that day was good stuff: twisty roads over mountains.

TWISTY road, just the way we like it :)

Josh was obviously having fun

We stopped that night in Santiago, on the Panamericana. Not a town of much interest, just a place to stay overnight. That night, La Bamba was playing on TV. Mihai and Josh had a good laugh, whereas to me it brought some frustrating memories (remember my licence story from Granada, with the LDP look alike cop?)...lol.

La Bamba on TV. It brought back some bad memories from Granada ;)

Day 83:

Uneventful and boring 250 km drive all the way to Panama City, on two lane highway. There was cops all over the place, so we had to stick to the 80 kmph speed limits. It was scorching hot too, so all three of us were close to dozing off at times.

We arrived in Panama City in the early afternoon, and as soon as we got into town, we hit heavy traffic. Someone has recommended us a hostel in the old part of town (Casco Viejo), so we headed there first. After riding around for a little while searching for the hostel, we agreed to just go somewhere else. The neighborhood was a dump and none of us had any interest in staying there. We settled for a half decent hotel at 40$ a night, in a slightly less sketchy area, in between Casco Viejo and the modern Centro.