If there is an Old Town there is a new town. We could see the new town and the spread of skyscrapers off in the distance from our balcony first thing in the morning. I don't mean to make that sound like we jumped up and got out of bed first thing in the morning or anything. I took the picture and then got back into bed for another hour before we got up for breakfast. Then we strolled around the old town for several hours. It is an odd mix of beautifully restored buildings right next to places so run down that there was exterior supports in place to keep the walls standing. We stuck our heads into shops, looked in the windows of other places and scouted out places to est. We saw four of the five squares and just had a fine time moseying about.
Past the old town bypass is the new Panama City
Iconic new architecture
Classic old architecture
The balconies and greenery make it so inviting
Two buzzards standing as if they were official sentinels
Yes it is the diablo!
Oh no he has Leslie!
I would have expected better posture from the devil
A peacock statue, has NBC gotten here first?
Right in the middle of town next to the Presidential Palace is this place the most run down structure of all. You can see the added bracing used to keep it standing
Checkpoints and presidential guards
Cats are everywhere
Odd place for art
The Canal Museum was closed on a Monday
The crested eagle
So many cool masks
One of the nicest places in old town
So many buzzards
The Panamanian Air Force
Another grand statue in the square
The actual nicest building that we saw
You can see the metal framework that they erect when renovating
This sign was pointing in the direction of a neighborhood that was as rundown as this sign
Part of the old walls that surrounded the town in the 1600's
Festivo!
