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After 14 hours of travel, Ali and I finally arrived in PCP. after clearing customs and getting our tourist visas we found our luggage and took a cab to the hotel.
the hotel is nice in a basic sort of way. the rooms are decent sized and very clean. the hotel staff was more than accomidating, and they helped us with our luggage and answered questions.
after getting settled, we walked down to the Venito casino. The casino was large, but different from American casinos. There wasn't much of a focus on gambling. most people were just hanging out drinking....a vodka redbull at the bar was almost ten bucks. that price almost set ali throught the roof. luckily we won a few dollars and stayed in the black for the evening.
in the two block walk back to the hotel, we stopped at a local pub. Ali ordered a soda, and i ordered a home brew beer from the pub. the home brew was decent at best. we left after about 20 minutes.
a few other notes, as ali put it "women go out in their underwear here" This is a latin culture and the women dress like it is always very hot out.
the humidity here is almost sickening. the air is soo dense and humid, it is hard to get used to.
so far the city is very nice. i read that 77 new highrises are being buikt in panama city in 2008. the skyline looks like miami.
i am typing this from my phone. typos and spelling will be horrible....
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