Amador Causeway

We had a couple of hours off in the afternoon, so a few of us rented bikes and rode to the end of Amador Causeway. It was a very lovely ride alongside the canal and the Pacific, and the weather was very nice. The first picture below shows where people who are in shape get to exercise. The second shows where people not in shape get to exercise, a little bit further down the causeway. The third picture is me biking past a nice view of the Panama City skyline. It is a pretty city, although half of it is under construction (many of the buildings have been under construction for decades, so something shady is definitely going on).

We passed a Gehry building under construction. One of the signs described what it will eventually look like as "a colorful sandwich." The building is so complicated that they are not using tape measures, they are using survey equipment to get a more precise placement of materials. Very interesting.

After our closing ceremony we went out for dinner. We walked along the causeway for the nice sunset view, and that is where picture 4 was taken. I sat down with my food and noticed the gorgeous moon, so I actually got up, left the restaurant, and walked across the street to snap photo number 5. It was worth it, although the photo really doesn't capture the scene.

Panama ended on a fairly good note despite all of the illness and discomfort of the trip. I spent some time with Javier and his friend who lives there before checking in to a hostel for the night. That place was okay, but they locked everything and I mean everything up for the night, and the owner doesn't hang around overnight so I had to leave my yogurt behind (awww) and climb over the fence to escape the place. But, I finally got to the airport and made my flight back to Colombia.