Hola from Panama City!

Hey - we made it!! The drive over the Bridge of Americas was fun. Great views either side - huge tankers, small yachts, islands, a cluster of Miami-style skyscrapers, helicopters and small fixed wing planes flying around, parks etc etc. I wonder why they did not design the bridge to walk over it? What a missed opportunity. We enjoyed walking across Golden Gate in San Fran and actually climbing over the top of Sidney Harbour Bridge, Australia. Ah well, maybe one day.

We are parked up at Canal Inn in The Boca area, and are right by the Bridge of Americas - I can look up to my left and watch the trucks go by. It's a sweet private b n b and we are of course hogging the car park. It's HOT here! We will have to run Genny to get the heat down b4 bedtime.
We have a good fan in Harvey which is a blessing but I want to buy a baby one for the bedroom too so we can run it at night. Why did I not think of that 4 1/2 years ago? Doughnut!

Today we have jobs; find some propane for Harvey - the fridge/freezer is hungry for propane in this heat; we have to refill every 3-4 weeks which sounds a cinch but you have to track down a Tropigas provider and drive there and get filled up. One day I hope we will be able to arrange a home delivery - but they don't seem to carry the right neck widgets with them for an RV installed LPG tank. Proably because only about 20 RV's pass through Central America per year - hardly a lucrative market.

We need to find a bank and start withdrawing piles of cash - as per usual there will be a daily restriction on how much we can take out - we need to withdraw over 5,000US$ cash to hand over to the agent who is arranging our passage to Columbia.

Ok off we go on a reccie of the City. More later!