catching a bus
and then to Panama City.
back to Panama City
We were very fortunate in our timing not to get into Panama City too late. While en route, we phoned the hotel we made planned to go to, for 24 cents, and booked a room in one of the oldest hotel in Panama City. We decided that Panama City would be a good base of us to decide where we were going next and how. Arriving at our hotel around 8.00 p.m., we were glad to have booked a room in advance.
The hotel we stayed in, the former Pension Colony was originally built to house Panama Canal Workers. It has rickety clapboard passageways and peeling paint along with incredible bay view. It past grandeur is still noticeable in the mosaic tiling in the downstairs common area. It is also apparent that new owners are introducing funky modern furniture that blends with the stately old foundation.
Hotel Colon, oldest hotel in Panama City
I could not stop taking pictures of its rooms and its many design features. It needs to be said that it will be even more wonderful when the new owners decide to continue their improvements from the common area to the rooms.
corkscrewtower in Panama City
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