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The bus to Panama City was very comfortable, I was impressed. It had air conditioning and a lot of leg room. Thankfully I sat next to this smaller woman on the aisle and basically listened to music the entire first half of the ride and the second half listened to Spanish lessons. We had stopped in this little town on the way for 30 minutes, got some snacks and arrived in Panama City at this mall around 9pm. I had heard to use Uber becuase Taxis overcharge so I tried getting Wifi, finally got Wifi and called one but had put my location wrong (was rushing too much). I tried talking in Spanish to tell the driver where I was but didn't work. I walked to where the location I had put said and finally on my way to the hostel. Arriving at dark was interesting, not too bad but I was surprised by how big the city is. I arrived at my hostel and got my room with air conditioning, thankfully. I knew I should get bottled water so went straight to the market to get some water and possibly food. It took me forever in the market to decide if I wanted to eat becuase I had been snacking all day in the bus. I finally got back to shower and then thought I saw a bed bug, which it wasn't but I didn't go to bed until like 12:30am. I got up around 8am to the sound of construction (really loud) and thankfully had booked another hostel to go to. My main goal was to find the Typhoid vaccination, but wanted to drop off my bags at the new hostel. Thank goodness for the Uber driver that I ended up getting because he helped me half the day try to get the Typhoid vaccination! He drover me to my hostel, waited for me, and then drove me to this other place to try to get the vaccination (which we found out there is none in Panama) and then to get a phone screen cover and then back around 12:30pm. I paid him in cash $16 which I guess was a lot but it was almost $7 to this place and back and he was nice enough to call around the hospitals before all this, and took me to this mall to get a phone cover. Anyways, I got back and walked around the new town I was in (old town), really cute area and then realized it was time to watch the USA vs. France Women's World Cup game. I asked the receptionist who gave me a recommendation and went there. Unfortunately the Argentina vs. Venesuala Fifa game was on so they wouldn't change it but then I realized there were TVs upstairs and watched the game upstairs. Had the whole upstairs to myself and had a beer and two pints of beer for $13. I then walked around to Selinas and this other rooftop bar. It was getting dark so went back to shower and went to dinner at the restaurant above the hostel. It was nice with the live music but the proportion was small and very expensive and it was interesting eating alone like that but the scene was nice and then went back to my room where it was really loud next to me, I could hear the kitchen next door, like everything from dishes, yelling, cleaning. I asked the receptionist if I could move rooms but figure I wait until they close (expected to be 12:30am) and he gave me the key to the other room incase I need to go sleep in there.
So I didn't end up moving rooms but I woke up feeling okay. Since I had the whole day to explore, I took an Uber to the Panama Canal which was actually really neat. I got there around 11:30am and didn't realize the ships didn't come until 1:30pm so I toured the museum and waiting for the ships. It got extremely crowded but it was truly an incredible experience seeing a massive ship being carried with water and then emptied with water and down to move along. There was also a sail boat which was going to go after but I didn't want to wait around. It was historical and an awesome experience seeing with my own eyes. Then I went to Biomuseo which was pretty neat, the architecture in the museum was different and colorful and I got to learn about Panama and the history behind the culture. I ended up going to this restaurant further out of the city on an island and got some seafood and watched futbol. Got an Uber back and unexpectedly ran into tons of traffic because there was a pride parade taking place RIGHT outside my hostel haha. I had no idea, but I dropped off my stuff and walked around the park to find tons of pride pride and a stage with performers. It was a really cool experience to see everyone supporting pride in another country. I then got an Uber to go to Rock and Roll Hotel to see the sunset and magical view of the city since it was right in the city. It was okay, I got a sangria and then went back to the old town where my hostel was. I went to get dinner at this place around the corner and some random guy came and asked if he could sit with me. Very strange but I felt bad since he was trying to "be more social" and he asked for me number but I gave him my yoga IG account name, still haven't been friended thankfull. It was an early night since I had to be up at 5am for my flight to COLOMBIA. Packed and went to bed!
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