Panama City Day 2 .... Boquete Week 2

After San Blas we were able to spend the day with our new friend Manuel in Panama City who we met  while staying in Bocas Del Toro. Manuel is an engineer from Tijuana Mexico but works in Panama City. He was kind enough to tour us around, showing us the monuments of the founders of the Panama Canal, as well as the historic remains of Panama Viejo, the city destroyed by Captain Morgan. Taking the extremely over crowded bus around the city was comical, as Travis stood taller and bigger than everyone on it. After supper we said asta luego and climbed on the overnight bus once again. Thankfully this time we were in the very front so the motion sickness did not rear its ugly head. Over the next six days we enjoyed the comforts of beautiful Boquete once again. Our days were spent going to the local gym, eating healthly food, researching Costa Rica and relishing in our clean clothes. On our last day we watched a parade celebrating Panamas independence from Spain. It consisted primarily of students in marching bands from all over Panama. When the Boquete students went by we knew the beat by heart, as we had been hearing them practice for a couple hours each day in the school yard across from our hostel. I will miss the sound of the drums and trumpets as we cross the boarder to Costa Rica. Oh yes, I also snuck in a little Black Friday, small town shopping, new gym shoes!