8 Sure Signs You are in Panama
2009 May 12
1 – You hear the non-stop sound of honking horns and car alarms.
2 – You can find bite-size-bananas; 18 for 50 cents. They are delicious.
3 – There are fireworks most nights right in the middle of the city. I’m talking big, exciting displays next door to the high-rise building we’re staying in.
4 – The Red Devils
5 – Coke out of the bottle. Also, delicious.
6 – Colorful handicrafts. It appears that all the random handicrafts in Panama are authentic, unlike a lot of other places we’ve visited.
7 – 49 cent beers
8 – Flowering trees and shrubs of all colors. The orange is my favorite.
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YES!!! Coke out of the bottle! I almost bought some at King Soopers the other day.
For some reason I don’t remember seeing coke in bottles at home. I guess I wasn’t looking …
Yup… they have it kind of hidden, but King Soopers has it. Coke comes in a six pack of short little bottles for about $4.59. I’ll have a six pack waiting for you if you stop by.
are you going to vietnam? they have 12 cent beers!
Those bite size banana’s look delicious!
I’d love to the the 7 signs you’re in Bocas equivalent. It would most definitely include beer and fire.
Matt – I do hope to go to Vietnam, but probably not anytime soon. Maybe on the next Asia tour.
Con – If you promise to have Coke, I might consider a visit. J/K, I was going to try anyway.
Everyone else – Thanks for stopping and for linking!
Sara,
I am really enjoying your posts on Panama! I am hoping to make it down there sometime in the next year, so I am looking for all the good information I can get. And I agree, coke out of the bottle always seems better!
Sean
Those bananas look like they were picked for cabbage patch kids. I want them. Wow. Do they taste like regular bananas? And was anyone else singing “Van Halen – Panama” the entire time they were reading this…? Panama -uh oh uh ah uh
They taste better. Hard to describe, but maybe a little bit sharper of a taste.
Mmm, well I’ll be sure to keep an eye or 5 out for them. In the meantime I’ll just have to settle with the larger (lamer) ones. lol.