Panama City was a surprise to me. You always hear about the banana republic comments, Noriega the pock faced strong man, and the money moving from the Bahamas in the Vince Flynn novels.
Having spent time in San Jose, Costa Rica I expected about the same. It was not. With the well groomed cause ways, the city parks, and yachts it felt and looked much closer to San Diego than a Central American city. Located on the Caribbean coast it has a modern skyline with new building of commercial and residential happening all the time. There is money here and a lot of it.
They are friendly to Americans and are very aware of the legacy of US infrastructure construction and the many Navy and command bases that were here.
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