Year 2, Alicia came to visit





Alicia came for a visit, we spent a couple of days in Panama City and did a few touristy things. The walk along the malacon is always fun.

It sure wasn't a sunny day, but as Daryl says, "no shiver factor".


This walk is always good....so close to the hotel we stayed in.






















And of course we went to Casco Viejo, the old part of the city, as it is wonderful to browse around.

There just happened to be a Picasso display at the Spanish Cultural Centre...quite a treat, sure was not expecting that. Then we did a bit of bargaining in the market....forgot to take a picture.



On the way home we stopped at the fish market.
Food was great.

And you have to keep those chickens under control when they are wandering around the restaurants.

















What you can't see in this picture is Daryl's prescription Maui Jim sunglasses go flying.

Well a couple of days later they went flying for good as a rogue wave took our belongings. we retrieved everything except two pairs sunglasses and my lovely hat!!
















































We went to the bio museum, it is really well done. The big white creatures are sloths....guess they have shrunk considerably over the years. And neither Daryl nor I will see those sunglasses ever again!!
Then we went back to Pedasi and visited a few beaches.
This is what you do when you forget your cap.





It was windy, but we did go to one calm beach and thoroughly enjoyed the water.

























We got to see a few critters at Playita. 
Daryl fed a monkey, the banana brought a whole bunch of monkeys hoping for more food.

There were also several macaws flying around.







Pretty soon it was time to take Alicia back to Panama City.

The cost to park for 20 minutes in the airport parking lot was pretty darn good.... 55 cents.





We had planned to spend a night in Coronado on our way back, but due to torrential rain not being conducive to sight seeing we drove all the way back....well Daryl did all the driving. Yes, the road was totally covered with rushing water.
A late lunch at a fancy restaurant was sweet, by the time we left it was raining again!!

Cheers!
Ruth

























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