We went to Panama for 4 days!
On the bus into Panama there was a nun riding with us. I found it something very interesting. She was wearing a gucci purse (not sure if it was real or fake). However, my point is this.. Isn't the whole point of being a nun, monk, or pastoral staff is to resake worldly living and serve the LORD more closely by separating oneself from the world.. Thought it was a interesting paradox and definite contradiction.
Panama Canal
The canal was amazing! This is definitely a site that everyone should see at some point in their lives. Even better would be to float through it on a boat. We saw multiples boats go through: 3 sailboats tied together, a big gas hauler, and other cargo ships.
Pictures from the Canal
Hostel
The layout of hostel we stayed in had 4 levels, had a shared kitchen that anyone staying at the hostel could use, had a movie room-huge projector and screen with a uniquely constructed multi-layered couch, a room for relaxing with hammocks and couches, a computer room with 4 comps, a bar, a outside patio for relaxing, book exchange, ping pong table, and a balcony that one could enjoy the views of the city and harbor.
Pictures from the Hostel
Humidity is fun for no one... I prefer and enjoy a dry heat any day of the week. We stayed in Panama City which was extremely humid, probably due to the fact that our hostel was 20 feet away from a fish dock and the ocean.
El bueno, el malo, y el feo... good (beautiful old architecture that looked right out of Europe in the 1700s and 1800s), bad (old buildings that need restoring that have simply been boarded up-there was such a waste at times as countless men and women lined the streets trying to sell uselss tourist trinkets or "art" yet great potential laid next to them if they just worked hard to repair and rebuild houses that had simply been abandoned..) and the ugly (skyscrapers of Panama City-downtown Panama City was full of skyscrapers, yet within 5 miles was such extreme poverty and shacks after shacks-which granted is no different than the large cities of the U.S. but Panama City opened my eyes to how we ignore the poverty of others while pursuing our financial security)
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