Just outside Panama City again and time to go through the must do list. Birds, that is what has made this part of Panama so famous, something like 900 species. The most famous spot is “pipeline road” and some of the canopies in that area have radar towers left from the American Panama Canal era. You look DOWN from 100 feet on the rainforest, and the birds flying around and below you. Unfortunately for us, it was raining that day and birds were pretty scarce, besides, they are most active at 6 am – NOT. But we saw some birds and monkeys and the visitor center had hummingbird feeders, some of my very favorite and the only species I actually knew the names.

We spent the night in a floating lodge in the heart of the Panama Canal. Where on earth would that happen. This extended house boat is the brainchild of an American guy, we went on excursions in a dug out canoe, saw more monkeys, and some waterfalls, kayaking and photography were great. We were a small boat buzzing around and looking up at those super freighters transiting the canal. But waking up, literally in the jungle, by howler monkey and birdlife could not happen any where but this magical place. It was a gas.