Day 1.051 – The Canal + A Night at the Fire station (UK)
Panama City -> Playa Coronado (fire station)
Distance (km) : 84
Time on bike : 4h 08m
Brutto time: 12.50 – 17.50
Avg : 20.1 km/h
Max.speed: 61.5
Total (km) : 42.150
Altitude: 20 m
Difficulty: 2½ of 5
It’s a full-on second day for me here in Panama:
Pre-brekkie sightseeing (quick-and-dirty style) in Panama City’s partly dilapilated, partly charming Casco Viejo (old, colonial part of town)…
Local bus to the Panama Canal (coffee and bread on-the-go), wondering at the engineering masterpiece – very impressive…
Back to my room to fix my flat rear tire…
Getting escorted out of town by two local police men on bikes (“Es muyyyy peligroso aquí, señor!“, they told me, though I didn’t see or feel any danger leaving Panama City – but I guess I/the escort made the cops feel more important doing their jobs…)
A nice and mad afternoon 84 km stint on the bike…
Setting up camp and crashing at the local fire station in Playa Coronado…
Lots of sleep despite 28 night degrees Celsium inside the tent…
