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Panama Scouting - Day 11.5 - the Color Red

Panama Scouting - Day 11.5 - the Color Red

This evening's flower photos are sponsored by the color Red; add some red to make a brilliant day! The first photo is of a three-petal red flower that has three white-colored flower-shaped stamens - intense! The second photo is of a hibiscus, but one of the stamens looks

Panama Scouting - Day 11 - Tour of Panama Day 2

Panama Scouting - Day 11 - Tour of Panama Day 2

Hello from Panama! Today we toured the Azuero Peninsula, and we stopped to smell the flowers. Today's photos are brought to you by the color Yellow! The wifi at our hotel is low volume, so I cannot send you a good variety of flower photos I took today,

Panama Scouting - Day 10 - Tour of Panama - Day 1

Hello from the beach! Tonight we are staying in an all-inclusive resort on the Pacific Coast beach near Coronado, a town built in the past 20 years to provide a Pacific beachside locale for ex-pats and a weekend get-away for moneyed Panamanians. All beaches are public in Panama, but many

Panama Scouting - Day 9 - Panama Hats and Panama Cats

Panama Scouting - Day 9 - Panama Hats and Panama Cats

Hello from Panama City! We spent the day around the hotel and the mall, so rather than send you photos of the Mall of the Americas again, I thought I would tell you tidbits from our trip so far. Panama Hats: Miguel bought a snazzy Panama hat when we were

Panama Scouting - Day 8 - MultiPlaza Mall

Panama Scouting - Day 8 - MultiPlaza Mall

Today we moved to the Marriott Multiplaza Hotel in preparation for the Relocation Tour to depart from here on Saturday morning (I was off by a day). Tomorrow we get our Rapid Covid tests, required within 24 hours of the tours start on Saturday morning at 07:30. Neither of

Panama Scouting - Day 7 - Panama Canal history

Panama Scouting - Day 7 - Panama Canal history

We visited the Panama Canal and toured the Visitor Center at the Miraflores locks on the Pacific side. The idea of a canal was first explored by the Spanish in the 1500s but because of the jungles, mountains, and swamps was deemed impossible and it took another 300 years before

Panama Scouting - Day 6 - Panama City Hotel Views

Panama Scouting - Day 6 - Panama City Hotel Views

Hello! Today was another very hot day in the city. Having our hotel room overlook a city park is interesting; the park is very busy until 09:00 with walkers, runners, basketball games, and dog walkers. Then, almost empty until things liven up around 5:00/17:00 when the

Panama Scouting - Day 5 - Panama City Old Town

Panama Scouting - Day 5 - Panama City Old Town

Today was a quiet, happy day; we met a woman from Quebec and two women from Georgia who are very glad to be here and out of the cold at home. The woman from Quebec also melts in this heat and so she is using the afternoons to catch up

Panama Scouting - Day 4 - Panama City

Panama Scouting - Day 4 - Panama City

Today's photos were taken at the same Causeway stop as the panorama video, but it is more evident that Miguel and I are in Panama City in the 95-degree heat! Today was a quiet day around town, and for us, also. Miguel found a gym to work out,

Panama Scouting - Days 2 & 3 - Panama City - Darth Vader Returns

Panama Scouting - Days 2 & 3 - Panama City - Darth Vader Returns

Yesterday, I melted. No photos by me, of me, nor of anything else. The heat and humidity near the canal make it difficult for me to function; Miguel suggested that I switch on my "tropical setting", but I am apparently an older model, and I don't

Panama Scouting - Day 1 - Panama City Arrival

Panama Scouting - Day 1 - Panama City Arrival

After a 24-hour trip, we landed in Panama late yesterday afternoon and worked our way through immigration, health affidavits, and customs - sans luggage, which appears to have been hung up in San Francisco. We hope to hear from our luggage in the next day or two; meanwhile, Miguel is