Casco Viejo, Panamá City

After a very long flight it was great to be able to walk about a bit. The journey from the airport to Casco Viejo took about half an hour, and went through the new part of the city, a huge amount of skyscrapers.

Once sorted with the hotel, I went for a walk around the old part of the city (Casco Viejo), narrow one way streets and very narrow pavements too. There's always a stream of slow moving cars. You also get a good view back across to the skyscrapers from here.

This part is dotted with plazas everywhere, a nice place to chill, if you can in this heat.Read more