We had a two week trip to Panama in August, and here are some highlights from the trip.


Casco Viejo - full of ruins, old churches, and European architecture with a touch of Panamanian flair!
Miraflores Locks - The Panama Canal



Isla Taboga - an island just off the coast from PC
Panama city views (that is a city bus with Jesus airbrushed on the back)
San Francisco near Santiago

A bus ride from hell...we set off from David to Bocas del Toro in sunny weather ready for a brief 4 1/2 hour ride. About 20 minutes into the trip it started pouring down rain, and about 1 hour into the trip we started through the mountains. There were mudslides, dirt roads, make shift one lane bridges with no guard rails and cliffs on either side, and on we went twisting and turning our stomaches inside out. After about 2 hours, we finally came to a rest stop and the driver said that we were out of the mountains and would have paved roads the remainder of the way...I almost cried.
Once we got to Bocas though it was well worth all the trouble!
We visited a friend of Kelly's from graduate school and his wife while in Bocas del Toro. They own a dive shop, and Aaron was able to dive for the first time, and now he is hooked. (No diving for preggers!) We went kayaking, snorkeling, biking, sunning, and swimming. All in all it was an amazing experience and quite relaxing!