We're back from Panama with
some good memories and like the Curate's Egg some less good ones; the less good
were the 'biters' in the rain forest, the need to wash absolutely everything
when we got home to rid it of the humid, pervading rain forest smell and minor
disappointment that the Canopy Lodge wasn't quite as 5 star as one had hoped!
And warm rain.
The good things were the
excellent guides, who knew their patch and had brilliant eye, ear and whistling
skills; the superb birds in plumages to delight and fascinate, warm rain every day and the experience of a new country.
Panama Canal was impressive, as was
Panama City with a vast range of high rise, very modern skyscrapers - all
seemingly belonging to Banks. And a few slums and rivers of rubbish if you
looked behind the facade.
