Panama City to Bogota

Over the last few days, we have seen quite a bit of the Panamanian countryside, the Canal, and Casco Antiguo. Since we arrived at PTY well after dark on Sunday, we missed the much newer city of Panama. We saw it en passant this morning and it looked spectacular. The nation looks prosperous and forward-leaning. They may owe China a bundle for capital improvements but it appears there will be no difficulty paying them back.
We had an uneventful flight to Bogota. On the airport , bfast was a cafe latte (good) and a Panamanian carne empanada (meh - better in Peru). When we got to security, the guard told me "No water in a plastic bottle". I started to toss it in the trash. "No, no, she said, put the water on your metal water bottle". So I did & tossed the plastic. Who knows?
The wx on arrival BOG was splendid. High 60's and sunny. Marvelous.
After check-in, we went to the Centro Historico and saw the Botero Museum (lots of great impressionist et al, plus Botero's works were amusing) and then made a pilgrimage to Simon Bolivar's Quinta (country house). It was like going to St. Peter's.
It started clouding up as we returned to the hotel and a bit cooler but not bad.
A risto "Central Cevicheria" was recco'd by our group leader as close by and excellent. As we went to go out it began raining so we grabbed our umbrellas. Then the skies opened and it poured for almost an hour. It was so loud that it drowned out the music in the risto.
We had crunchy fish tacos and two different fish/shrimp ceviche's both very good. Washed down with a Catalan vino Blanco. Life is bueno.Read more