Valentin in Latin America: PANAMA (sucks...)

23.08.2009

PANAMA (sucks...)

Buenos Dias!
Yesterday I crossed the border from Sixaola, Costa Rica, to Guabito, Panama. From there i went to the town Bocas del Toro on Isla Colon, a small Island in front of the northern caribean coast of Panama.
Unfortunately all ATMs (in the whole country) don't work from Saturday (the day I arrived) until Sunday 10pm... So we're stuck here and the beach next door is poluted and dirty... to get to the next (almost) clean beach we have to take a watertaxi...
The sewage/grey water of our overpriced hotel goes directly into the caribbean sea, just 5 meters away from the "private swin terace" of our hotel... this place is absolutly CRAP!!!!!!!!

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...where has Valentin been so far???

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--- M E X I C O ---
->01.01. Stuttgart - Paris - Mexico City
->02.01. Monterrey
->13.03. Cancun
->16.03. Playa del Carmen
->23.03. Monterrey

--- U S A ---
->07.04. South Padre Island Texas

--- M E X I C O ---
->10.04. Monterrey
->26.04. Swine flu - Influenza Porcina - Schweinegrippe

--- C U B A ---
->25.05. Monterrey - Mexico City - Panama City - La Havana
->31.05. Viñales
->02.06. Cienfuegos
->04.06. Trinidad
->08.06. La Havana

--- M E X I C O ---
->11.06. La Habana - Panama City - Mexico City - Monterrey
->27.06. Zacatecas
->29.06. Monterrey
->12.07. Cancun
->13.07. Isla Mujeres
->16.07. Playa del Carmen
->17.07. Chitzen Itza
->18.07. Cancun - Monterrey
->28.07. Guadalajara
->30.07. San Miguel de Allende
->03.08. Mexico City

...What I like and what I don't like

--- M E X I C O ---
WHAT I LIKE:
->the mexican way of life
->Tacos
->the mexican party style
->the prices of the public transport
->the ancient cultures (Mayas, Atztecs, Toltecs, Olmecs, Teotihuacans...)
->everybody is frendly and helps out a lot (if they know that you are not a gringo!)
->cerverza con sal y limon!!!
->a beer in a bar in the city centre of Monterrey costs 20 Pesos (1,08 Euro)

WHAT I DON'T LIKE:
->the toilets because they plug up always
->the mexicans litter the toilet paper in a rubish bin instead of in the toilet bowl - sorry but it smells
->Tequila without salt an lemon
->the most famous beer in Monterrey is a light beer
->the teaching style at the university with compulsory attendancy, homework and monthly exams - that's secondary school not university!

--- T E X A S - U S A ---
WHAT I LIKE:
->the "cowboy spirit"
->normal (european) toilets!!!
->their funny accent

WHAT I DON'T LIKE:
->the majority of the persons with the "cowboy spirit" are rednecks
->the supermarkets sell pumpguns and other weapons
->bars, night clubs etc. close at 2 am
->prices don't include taxes

--- C U B A ---
WHAT I LIKE:
->almost every car is an american road cruiser from the 1950's
->the live music on the streets
->instead of advertisements they have the pictures of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Camilo Cienfuegos...
->their world class medicine
->there is almost no polution
->the educational system

WHAT I DON'T LIKE:
->no freedom of speech
->the peolpe are suppressed by the government
->no internet access for cubans
->all the other cars are russian "Ladas" from the 1970's
->the bands in Havana play always "Buena Vista Social Club"
->everybody thinks i'm a millionaire just because I'm from a different country

Valentin in Latin America

23.08.2009

PANAMA (sucks...)

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