Trip Report

The Caribbean Hopper – Casco Viejo (Old City) Panama in word and photos

Casco Viejo at night

It's funny because my assumptions of what Panama City would be like were quite off. For starters, everyone I know who's been there hasn't been there in 2-6 years and apparently it's developed quite well since then. And secondly, we've spend quite a bit of time in the PTY airport and it was just run down. Maybe the changes in the airport, even since I was last there 6 months ago, are representative of the changes happening in Panama City. When I walked off of the...

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Renaissance Aruba Private Island Beach

The Renaissance Aruba deserves more pictures than any hotel I've stayed at. It wasn't the swankiest hotel but the private island made it the perfect hotel for a 24 hour visit to Aruba. Come, drop your bags and get shuttled on a boat (free) from the lobby to the private island.

We spent most our our time on the little island as the area directly around the hotel was beachless. If you want a hotel near the airport, and in this case we did, this seems like the...

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