Up early this morning at 6:30. We have a fast boat pickup at 7:30 to take us into Panama mainland, thus ending our cruise through the San Blas Islands.
While packing and waiting for breakfast, Todd relayed a story to me about the partying last night. Apparently they were playing some sort of card game and depending on what card you draw, you are required to do crazy things; in particular, if you draw a 7, you get to make two rules - rules A and B. Anyway, as a result, one girl ran around the boat naked while some guy chased her with a camera trying to get a picture. This must have been what was happening when I heard the loud laughter and cheering in the middle of the night. Anyway, I'm glad I was in the bed because all on deck have to participate and it might well have been me running around naked. That would have been quite the sight! Ha, ha.
The fast boat picked us up about 7:45. We all said our goodbyes to the captain and the first mate and headed off to the mainland. After about 45 minutes we came to a narrow shallow river flowing into the sea which we navigated up. We arrived at a little encampment where we disembarked the boats and were loaded into 4 x 4s for a 2-hour drive into Panama City.
Once in Panama City, we were delivered to our destination hostels or hotels. We arrived at the Siriri Hostel around noon and booked into our room which we assumed would have had two single beds - not. They have no other rooms available so it looks like Todd and I will be fighting over the sheets tonight.
Once we got settled we headed out to do some exploring. Wow! Panama City is awesome! Huge modern skyscrapers dot the skyline at every turn. On the walk we came across a 'hop on, hop off' bus tour stop. We have decided to do the 24-hour tour for tomorrow. We continued to explore for most of the afternoon, stopping for a late lunch at the Red Lion Pub. In the evening we headed down to the waterfront to view the night skyline, it was beautiful but neither of us had our cameras, we just weren't expecting to see such a sight. We then headed back to the hostel, stopping at McDonald's so I could get my M & M McFlurry fix. Bedded down about 10:00 p.m.
While packing and waiting for breakfast, Todd relayed a story to me about the partying last night. Apparently they were playing some sort of card game and depending on what card you draw, you are required to do crazy things; in particular, if you draw a 7, you get to make two rules - rules A and B. Anyway, as a result, one girl ran around the boat naked while some guy chased her with a camera trying to get a picture. This must have been what was happening when I heard the loud laughter and cheering in the middle of the night. Anyway, I'm glad I was in the bed because all on deck have to participate and it might well have been me running around naked. That would have been quite the sight! Ha, ha.
The fast boat picked us up about 7:45. We all said our goodbyes to the captain and the first mate and headed off to the mainland. After about 45 minutes we came to a narrow shallow river flowing into the sea which we navigated up. We arrived at a little encampment where we disembarked the boats and were loaded into 4 x 4s for a 2-hour drive into Panama City.
Once in Panama City, we were delivered to our destination hostels or hotels. We arrived at the Siriri Hostel around noon and booked into our room which we assumed would have had two single beds - not. They have no other rooms available so it looks like Todd and I will be fighting over the sheets tonight.
Once we got settled we headed out to do some exploring. Wow! Panama City is awesome! Huge modern skyscrapers dot the skyline at every turn. On the walk we came across a 'hop on, hop off' bus tour stop. We have decided to do the 24-hour tour for tomorrow. We continued to explore for most of the afternoon, stopping for a late lunch at the Red Lion Pub. In the evening we headed down to the waterfront to view the night skyline, it was beautiful but neither of us had our cameras, we just weren't expecting to see such a sight. We then headed back to the hostel, stopping at McDonald's so I could get my M & M McFlurry fix. Bedded down about 10:00 p.m.
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| Paradise Island in the morning sun |
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| Navigating up the river |
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| Transferring to the 4 x 4s |
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| Panama City |
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| Beer and burger at the Red Lion |
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