Panama City
19. maj 2025, Panama ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
On May 15th we finally arrived in Panama. Only us, Nemo arrived two days later on a transport ship. He is now in the Port of Manzanillo from where it must be released through other bureaucraticLæs mere
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While waiting for Nemo to arrive in Panama, we stayed at the Hotel Decapollis Panama City for four nights and rented a car to explore the surroundings. In this city, a car is absolutely necessary, especially since many attractions are far from each other and public transportation seems to be not very reliable.
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The monument was inaugurated in 2004. Police forces are very present in the city and on the roads of Panama, for example here on the left of the image.
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Panamá Viejo (English: "Old Panama") is the remaining part of the original Panama City, the first Spanish city founded on the Pacific coast in 1519 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for the expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. It was a crossing point on one of the most important trade routes in the Americas, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, through which most of the gold and silver that Spain extracted from the Americas passed. The city was destroyed in 1671 by perhaps the most famous "pirate" Henry Morgan after which it was practically abandoned. A new city was built in a more favorable defensive position nearby. It is interesting to note that although Panama Viejo had only about 10.000 permanent inhabitants, the city had no less than nine places of worship: churches, cathedrals or monasteries.