Here... since you asked:
It stinks... really... because all the rain causes everything to rot. If you leave canvas sneakers on the balcony for a week, they will no longer exist. The whole fucking country stinks. And there is no air conditioning.
It stinks terrifble... and it never goes away.
Lots of jungle. Roads suck since they are full of pot holes . Takes about 1.5 hours to drive from one coast to the other.
Don't drink the fuckin' water. I got an ameoba and was deadly ill for a week. That shit will kill ya.
The local girls tend to be ugly since they are mainly indians. Lots of whorehouses... lots of aids. Most prostitutes are from somewhere else, like Columbia and Venezuala.
Food sucks... they eat the monleys... grill them on the corner on a long stick like a shiskkabob.
Also on the corner are armed police with machine guns and shot guns... you might be used to that though.... but they don't much like white skin.
Most places to live are ok... if you are near the canel zone and it was once part of that system.
The police are big time crooks... everything works by plata which means bribery.
I once was just flying through Panama. Had to change planes. They told me my seat was taken... and to come back the next day. The guy just wanted a bribe.
Beaches are good... lots of bikinis.
Did I mention that it stinks?
If you want to go somewhere over in that area, Costa Rica is much much better.
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