Panama, english

Special to enter a country on a bridge that we are afraid will collapse. This is it for Panama. It is very poor; there are only the tourist places that are a bit more pleasant. Panama is particularly mountains, approximately 700 km of asphalted road there are only 100 km on the flat. The first days still well past despite humidity making us feel so heavy. It was still entitled to cloudy days. But the day where it would really have required clouds was magnificent. We cross the Cordillera de Tabasara under a sun lead. 40 km of steep mountains under these conditions you finish by asking yourself what I’m doing here, it would be so nice in the comfort of our home. But when you’re at the top we know why and this is one of the beauties of this journey. It was one of the most difficult steps of the travel. Then clearly once we started to descend the mountains we gain knowledge of violent storms in Panama. Nothing on the horizon and we could not even take advantage of the joy of the descent. Is it too dangerous with this water, we must descend on the brakes. It resulted in sleeping in a school for the night.
The landscapes of mountain... Our most beautiful one. The morning fog is so dense at the bottom of the valleys it is magical. Color contrasts are so intense that we cannot capture them in a photograph. Not easy to find a place to pitch the tent, especially in times of rain. By chance hotels prices are ridiculously cheep, sometimes even less expensive than camping sites we could find 2 or 3.
The famous canal, we passed on top to enter Panama City. It becomes impressive when we know the entire history that comes with it. We went to visit the Museum of the channel that is interesting but only in Spanish. The city is not really great but it is possible to find 2-3 places with not much difficulty. There is a bike path on the water but it is only 5 km and it stinks.
Here we go to the southernmost point of our trip. We return to the Caribbean Sea for the last time. The city of Colon is the worst we have seen. It frightens us. This is ugly, everything is falling apart, even people. Then in Portobelo we try to decide if we should take a boat to Colombia or not. It is tempting, especially as our Australian friends must do at the same time. But no! We never see again the guys who had developed the idea in our mind. We even returned to Colon to find a boat but must believe that it was not for us. It is easier in Panama City to cross South America. It was therefore the beginning of the return.