The Panama Canal Museum

Mom and I got up early and went to a cute breakfast spot. I keep forgetting to take pictures of the food.
After we were fueled and caffeinated, we walked across the street to the Canal museum. There were throngs of tourists, all quite annoying.
The Museum was amazing. It talked in length the segregation and inequality among the white American workers, the Panamanians, the workers that came from the Caribbean, specifically the Jamaicans. How they were paid, the working and living conditions.
Another huge part of the museum was the struggle for the Panamanians to acquire the Canal. For decades and decades.
It was interesting seeing the US’s part from the side of Panama. Our heads were spinning, full of new knowledge and enormous respect for this little country.
Tomorrow we leave Panama City. We are renting a car and driving 2.5 hours NW to a little mountain town called El Valle de Anton. It should be an adventure. I’m just glad they drive on the right side of the road.Read more