The BEST Things to do in Panama City. But #5 Is NOT For Me!

[@Pattybluehayes]

Download my Panama Itinerary Guide. 4 night, 10 night and 15 night plans with hotel links, things to do and foods to try. www.pattybluehayes.com/panama-travel-plans

[@russelllloyd6374]

Thanks

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@russelllloyd6374 I’m very touched by your generosity 🙏 Thank you.

[@janh.4479]

Great suggestions Patty!! So many of the things we’ve wanted to see in PC were closed due to Covid on past trips, 21:36 so this trip we built in time to explore as we arrive. Your video has most of what we planned to include, and is VERY timely as we will be there in a couple of weeks!! As always, thanks!!!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@janh.4479 Oh that’s awesome!!! Enjoy your overdue vacation!! What else is on your must see list?

[@janh.4479]

@@Pattybluehayes thanks, we will!! Miraflores, Biomuseo, Parque Natural Metropolitano, hope on and hop off bus, and maybe up to the Pipeline & Gamoa. We have four days.

[@sammatthews8571]

Hi Patty, Great video, I am just back from my 3rd trip to Panama City Panama. I stay a few days at the Holiday Inn by the Panama Canal and if you get a high room w Canal view you can watch the huge container ships pass through the Miraflores locks. Few other suggestions, Old Church walking tour of Casco Viejo, Modern Art Museum in Casco Viejo, Panamanian Cooking Class at Restaurant El National se Sabores, San Felipe meat and vegetable markets, Fish Market, Chocolate making class, helicopter tour of Canal, city and Amador Causeway, Whale watching and Taboga visit, horseback trail ride at Hacienda Club, visited Embera people on Chagres river, 66th floor view from JW Mariott - can't wait to go back for my next trip - me gusta Panama !!!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@sammatthews8571 Wow! Theses are great ideas ☺️ I’m going to save them. The cooking class sounds fun. Glad you enjoyed your visit.

[@beverlyroach9482]

Great video... brought back wonderful childhood memories of Panama and El Valle. I was born in Ancon, lived in Balboa and El Valle. My father worked for the Panama Railroad. I remember sliding down the steep embankment of the Administration Building on a palm frond. I'd go back in a second except I'm 83 yrs. old now! 😃

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@beverlyroach9482 What a sweet memory about the palm frond ‘sled’ 😆 I’m so glad this brought back nice memories ☺️

[@susanrice3033]

I really enjoyed seeing some of Panama City. I love the smaller towns you visit but Panama City has beautiful attractions. Well done!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@susanrice3033 Thanks my friend 🌟 It really is a cool city. Maybe on your international tour 😘

[@panamafred1]

The Canal Museum in Casco Viejo is truly world class. Excellent!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@panamafred1 I have not yet been there! Or the Mola museum. Usually too busy walking around taking in the sights ☺️

[@brendalamalfa5030]

That was lots of fun and very well made and narrated (per your usual ;) ). Panama City reminds me a lot of Guadalajara. Great recommendations, thanks Patty! I always look forward to your vids. :)

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@brendalamalfa5030 Oh thank you ☺️ So glad you liked it.

[@brendalamalfa5030]

@@Pattybluehayes Sent you an email about Gilberto:).

[@Pattybluehayes]

@ I saw it💛 I’ll do that first thing Monday - and respond to your email. You are so sweet. He will be thrilled.

[@frankmanzanilla6524]

Happy New Year 🎉 😊 amo tus videos 🎉

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@frankmanzanilla6524 Gracias 🌟🌟

[@georgetunon9652]

Excellent video ! Very informative and helpful. By the way Lung Fung is one of my favorite restaurants! Great food !

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@georgetunon9652 Do you have any other dim sum favorites?

[@georgetunon9652]

@@Pattybluehayes Yes, Restaurante Sunly, they are in El Dorado area. They have pretty good reviews.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@georgetunon9652 one more to try 🙌

[@icenbeck]

Lung Fung is in the Los Angeles neighborhood. Great info 👍 I'd also add Parque Omar, which is the Central Park of Panama City. Very big and beautiful park.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@icenbeck Oh, I’ll have to check out Parque Omar! Now craving dim sum 🥟There is a restaurant I saw in La Chorrera for dim sum, not as far for me to the city.

[@MariaRodriguez-wz6qm]

Helloooo Patty!!!! Happy New Year 2025🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@MariaRodriguez-wz6qm Happy New Year to you 🌟✨🙌

[@banasophia]

Great video - thank you!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@banasophia Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@mariaolson3034]

You did great. I'm from panama and almost visit al those plays you mention.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@mariaolson3034 Oh good!! Any other fun spots?

[@lyric8006]

Enjoyed video🥳

[@SimplyLynBishop]

Fun to see Lung Fung on the list. That was a fun meal together.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@SimplyLynBishop Yes! Sets off a craving 😆

[@veronicafall8626]

I didn’t know the canal was on the wonders of the world list. Of course not on the ancient list, but I didn’t see it on the modern list. Anyway, cute video!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@veronicafall8626 thanks ☺️ www.tourismpanama.com/places-to-visit/panama-city/things-to-do/historical-sites/panama-canal/

[@silverescapades]

Enjoyed this video! Do you happen to have a link to the ship schedule you mentioned for Miraflores locks? From what I can find, they just say in the "morning" and "afternoon". Thanks!

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@silverescapades glad you enjoyed the video. Scroll down on the link to see both lock schedules. visitcanaldepanama.com/en/

[@silverescapades]

@@Pattybluehayes Thanks so much - might be missing something but is it just the basic schedule before 9:00am and after 2:10pm?

[@Pattybluehayes]

@ Yes, the ships pass til 9 am and then in the afternoon. I recall waiting a bit in the afternoon. But so worth it. ☺️

[@brettmaxwell2959]

The duty free shop at the end of the Amador Causeway is a gimmick, The prices are so high, that any savings on the 7% sales tax are irrelevant.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@brettmaxwell2959 😕 That’s a bummer. Do you think most duty-free shops are like that - like at airports?

[@Bluebird-farm]

Just curious? Did you drive an electric car or gas car to Panama? Americans bought, paid, built and died (25,000 died), building the Canal. If it’s true that they are charging outrageous amounts for our ships to cross then kudos for Trump for speaking up! And if they are working with the Chinese now then I’m totally on board with him. That Canal is hugely important to America and if any of this is true then Mulino needs to make it right, no way China should be able to be involved (hell all expats there should worry about that)and fair prices need to be given. Wish you hadn’t gotten political on your vids as I did enjoyed them prior to this one.

[@coletteholder7173]

Correction the majority of the workers that built the canal were Afro-Caribbean men from Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia and other Caribbean islands. Get your facts right before you write any comments on social media.

[@Bluebird-farm]

@ i stand corrected 26,000 total around 6000 Americans, still a considerable amount of American and other lives, French being the most at 20K+. The United States paid approximately $375 million to build the Panama Canal, which included $10 million paid to Panama and $40 million to the French company that initially attempted the project. The construction was funded by American taxpayers and was considered the most expensive construction project in U.S. history at that time. So again if we are being ripped off and China is moving in then he has a very legitimate gripe as we all do and should.

[@Pattybluehayes]

@@Bluebird-farm I’m sorry my words upset you but 1. The US did not ‘buy’ the canal. 2. China has invested in bridge and rail infrastructure projects in Panama. There is no Chinese authority or governance of the canal. 3. The passage rates are the same for all vessels, the US is not charged more. President elect has a history of claiming things are unfair when they are just business policies. 4. President elect has a grievance against Panama for being evicted from trump tower for money laundering and non-payment. The project was called The Ocean Club. 5. I bought a car here, it’s gas. Electric cars are not prevalent here.

[@Bluebird-farm]

@ no but we tax payers paid and died for it and in my mind we should get charged less than others, especially the Chinese, we the tax payer end up paying for those higher prices in the cost of goods, right now its outrageous as you know, reason your living there now im sure, it all adds up. I have a serious problem with people starting a channel and going political, reason i try and watch ones that don’t. But I can tell by this vid you would like to start using it to promote your woke views so unfortunately I’m out. Shooting fireworks off is destroying the environment? Panamanians among many other countries have done it for centuries as a gathering and celebration gesture. Im sorry but I totally disagree with you, my family and I enjoy it, it’s beautiful to watch and to know people are gathering as family to enjoy. Do what you want but your initial vids showing Panama were good, don’t let your hatred for Trump ruin your channel

[@hilariowilson5570]

The ships crossing the canal are all charged the same rates, regardless of the flag they fly. It’s based on tonnage. A large number are actually registered under Panama’s flag for many decades. Many of the dead from the canal construction were West Indians, contracted from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad, in case you didn’t know. There were others from China, Turkey, Greece, Italians and Spaniards as well. The convicted felon has spread another one of his lies, similar to the “they are eating the cats and dogs”. If you took the time to actually visit Panama and the canal you can show the world were the Chinese have taken over, you’re likely to find more Americans living there than you would imagine, in peace and not being victimized for who they are. Panama is Panama and is free to do business with who ever she chooses, just like the United States does, the difference is Panama has always looked to the US primarily. However, the convicted felon is the biggest threat to that friendship which dates back to the 1850’s when the Panama Railroad was built, to carry thousands of US citizens from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean on their way to California . It may be more fruitful to read a few books about the relationship and history of Panama and the United States, than it is to listen to the rattling of a pathological liar,who by the way fails to mention he lost a legal case involving a building which carried his name in Panama City, now the JW Marriott. Likely he’s more guided by his reknown sense of vengeance any time his tiny brain senses he’s disrespected, than any true interest about the canal.