Panama City
Well I wound up staying in Panama City alot longer than expected. I have been here for a week and have been awarded a free nights stay here at the Voyager Hostel for 7 days of staying here. Not a bad deal.
While here in Panama City I have seen the canal, which was amazing, as well as the zoo, which was depressing. There is an eagle here in central america called the Harpy Eagle and it is most abundant in Panama. Its wingspan is about 2 meters+ (over 6 feet)and around a meter tall and it is the largest bird of prey in the world. The zoo has a couple of these creepy amazing birds and it was cool to see them but it was really disturbing to see how unhealthy the pumas were. They are kept in small cages with very little room to move about and get exercise by walking back and forth in dizzying circles around their cages. They were fat, weezing and had open sores on them. I havnt been to a zoo since I was little and I now remember why I don't like zoos. I think that if a zoo is to be in place, it should only be in place to facilitate reproduction of endangered animal species in good conditions. Anyways, enough about the Zoo.
I hung out with alot of partying travelers here and ona couple mornings, I was a bit worse for the wear. I know my way around the city real well now and where the best deals on pretty much everything are. It's a pretty fun city (a very large city). Panama City is the second largest banking country in the world, second only to the Swiss. It is also supposed to be one of the mnost corrupt countries in the world, due mainly to the fact that over 60 banks are represented here and supposedly control he flow of cocain and other drugs through the canal/country.
I did alot of research with a couple people I met here to find out if we could make it to Columbia via ship. After alot of searching we found ways to do it. They were eitherreally expensive or really cheap and sketchy. One of the p[laces we went was Colon (on the east side of the canal). this is THE most dangerous city in Panama and muggings are quite regular occurences. We took peoples advice and got a taxi as soon as we got off the bus and got out of the city immediately after finding out what we needed to know at the Yacht club. When you walk down the streets there, everyone who passes by you tells you to watch out and be really careful. The other people who dont say anything are the ones who will probably mug you. After all the researching, I decided against going to Columbia and decided to head back up North, surf a bit and meet Becca parish.
I am now heading out to a beach called "playa Venao" where I hopefully will by a sufboard for cheap and surf for a week or so while camping for free. I need to decrease my spending to less than $25 per day and this will probably be a good place to do so for a little while before heading up to Costa Rica (which is supposed to be the most expensive central american Country). I met alot of awesome people here and have amde some friends from all over the world that I hopefully will keep in contact with. It is hard though, because you meet so many cool people and there is no way that you can keep relationships with all of them.
I porobably wont be updating for at least a week, so until then, Chao!
While here in Panama City I have seen the canal, which was amazing, as well as the zoo, which was depressing. There is an eagle here in central america called the Harpy Eagle and it is most abundant in Panama. Its wingspan is about 2 meters+ (over 6 feet)and around a meter tall and it is the largest bird of prey in the world. The zoo has a couple of these creepy amazing birds and it was cool to see them but it was really disturbing to see how unhealthy the pumas were. They are kept in small cages with very little room to move about and get exercise by walking back and forth in dizzying circles around their cages. They were fat, weezing and had open sores on them. I havnt been to a zoo since I was little and I now remember why I don't like zoos. I think that if a zoo is to be in place, it should only be in place to facilitate reproduction of endangered animal species in good conditions. Anyways, enough about the Zoo.
I hung out with alot of partying travelers here and ona couple mornings, I was a bit worse for the wear. I know my way around the city real well now and where the best deals on pretty much everything are. It's a pretty fun city (a very large city). Panama City is the second largest banking country in the world, second only to the Swiss. It is also supposed to be one of the mnost corrupt countries in the world, due mainly to the fact that over 60 banks are represented here and supposedly control he flow of cocain and other drugs through the canal/country.
I did alot of research with a couple people I met here to find out if we could make it to Columbia via ship. After alot of searching we found ways to do it. They were eitherreally expensive or really cheap and sketchy. One of the p[laces we went was Colon (on the east side of the canal). this is THE most dangerous city in Panama and muggings are quite regular occurences. We took peoples advice and got a taxi as soon as we got off the bus and got out of the city immediately after finding out what we needed to know at the Yacht club. When you walk down the streets there, everyone who passes by you tells you to watch out and be really careful. The other people who dont say anything are the ones who will probably mug you. After all the researching, I decided against going to Columbia and decided to head back up North, surf a bit and meet Becca parish.
I am now heading out to a beach called "playa Venao" where I hopefully will by a sufboard for cheap and surf for a week or so while camping for free. I need to decrease my spending to less than $25 per day and this will probably be a good place to do so for a little while before heading up to Costa Rica (which is supposed to be the most expensive central american Country). I met alot of awesome people here and have amde some friends from all over the world that I hopefully will keep in contact with. It is hard though, because you meet so many cool people and there is no way that you can keep relationships with all of them.
I porobably wont be updating for at least a week, so until then, Chao!
posted by Unknown at 4:19 PM
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hi zack, this is your mom finally at a computer of a friends who actually can guide me thru sending words of love and wellness to you. I miss you, Ive been working at rosario and my spa hoping to go to india in december for a client from microsoft whose parents are having a mystical festival. Saw madeline,lernerand kimmy dancing in the pink parade seeing them made me miss you all the more, MADELINE SAID YOU MAY BE MEETING UP WITH HER IN INDIA. at this time I have a email called orcas sun stone spa @aol If you see any cool looking pieces of art with a mermaid motif take a picture I started a gift shop called the moonstruck mermaid. Camille is painting the logo for it. The man who runs the liquor store told me if I would carry wine glasses and cork screws he would send people across street to my shop and thats how the moonstruck name came to me. Its nice and hot here ya know how i love to bake with my windows up in my car enjoying dry heat being a desert dragon fom Nevada, you kids were always tring to get me to turn on the air conditioner in the car and i would reply "why its just starting to feel good". Anyway Im designing life sizr mermais and always lookin for new ideas. I worked on an artist frm baton rouge last week at rosario who said it was the best massage ever. He brought his wife and daughter to my spa and took pictures, said i am highly marketable with the way i dress and design spaces, he was full of great compliments and said he had been hiring women for 20 years over 400 and never had experienced one like me. He gave me info on how to use large drift wood pieces for the base of my mermaids and the gradations of sand paper.anyway im off to work just had fresh carrot juice and feta pizza with my friend Richie at his bungalow sitting next to his water lily fish pond. I love you, the mom.
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