After little sleep the night before, we headed to Vegas for our 10:30 PM flight to Panama. We left by 8 am and arrived in Pahrump, Nevada around 1:00. Pahrump is where we are leaving our cars. Thank you so very much Theresa (and Curt) Perry for this and also for driving us to airport..... Got to the airport (after a nice visit and dinner in Pahrump) at 7:30 PM. But the plane left on time and 6.5 hours later we arrived at our destination.... 8:05 in the morning and it was already HOT!! Not complaining - but because we were so early our rooms were not ready and we had to go 'hang out' until after lunch. We hopped a bus and toured around a little. We look dog tired in this photo and that is because we were ....... early night.
First stop of the day was Panama Viejo. Founded in 1519, it is the remaining part of the old Panama City and former capital of the country.
For Panamanians these "Old Panama" ruins and it's cathedral belfry are among their countrys' proud visual symbols.
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| This is the original staircase |
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| This is the staircase used today by visitors |
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| Rich, Tina and Michel at the top of the spire |
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| Me and Tina |
Lunch at Balboa Yacht Club......
with Michal, our tour guide for the day.
It was worth it....spectacular!
Here we watched a ship pass through the Miraflores Locks.
We went through the Canal ourselves a few years back (2009) on a cruise ship. I definitely think the view was better the first time!!
Well that was our first day in Panama City.... check back soon - tomorrow we are going to the Metropolitan National Park then off to "Old Town" Panama City.....
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