https://chantalortega.com/countries/panama/Recent content in Panama on Chantal-Denise Ortega TanHugoenSat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://chantalortega.com/post/2024-04-06-private-tour-down-the-panama-canal--and-seeing-sloths-/Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://chantalortega.com/post/2024-04-06-private-tour-down-the-panama-canal--and-seeing-sloths-/<p>Sometimes, Alex and I would join tours to be able to learn more about a place through its locals. We were fortunate this time that the tour we&rsquo;ve arranged turned into a private tour!</p> <p>We toured the Panama Canal on a boat, heading down to explore different parts of the canal towards Gatun Lake.</p> <p>We would make stops along the way to wait look at the animals closer. We saw Panama&rsquo;s Capuchin monkeys that went to our boat looking for nuts, iguanas on trees, tiny poisonous frogs, and sloths! Animals are amazing.</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4sHMW0uMt5yg9bpkpjCx_Fr9c2KRdJGW34Ep80/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Here&rsquo;s a video of how big the waves got from a ship passing the Panama Canal</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0ffkQ-vFmCTFXsONNXFCa_UcCBqLpn4EitbHA0/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">And another of the Capuchin monkeys going to our boat!</a></p> <p>Chantal</p> <a class="lb-item" href="https://chantalortega.com/post/2024-04-06-private-tour-down-the-panama-canal--and-seeing-sloths-/DSCF3843_hu_1ecf691967d8d79d.jpeg" data-full="/post/2024-04-06-private-tour-down-the-panama-canal--and-seeing-sloths-/DSCF3843_hu_1ecf691967d8d79d.jpeg" data-caption=""> <img sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw" srcset=' /post/2024-04-06-private-tour-down-the-panama-canal--and-seeing-sloths-/DSCF3843_hu_392eb9c9d4d97a51.jpeg 1200w , 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dined at Fonda Lo Que Hay, one of the top restaurants in Latin America. Anthony Bourdain dined there, and coincidentally we were seated next to a sketch of him!</p> <p>We then explored Casco Antiguo which is what they call their old quarters, and admired the skyline and the architecture from there.</p> <a class="lb-item" href="https://chantalortega.com/post/2024-04-05-panama-city--fonda-lo-que-hay-and-casco-antiguo/DSCF3751_hu_3afeb975e65c766c.jpeg" data-full="/post/2024-04-05-panama-city--fonda-lo-que-hay-and-casco-antiguo/DSCF3751_hu_3afeb975e65c766c.jpeg" data-caption=""> <img sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw" srcset=' /post/2024-04-05-panama-city--fonda-lo-que-hay-and-casco-antiguo/DSCF3751_hu_3a6fd2ff55424952.jpeg 1200w , /post/2024-04-05-panama-city--fonda-lo-que-hay-and-casco-antiguo/DSCF3751_hu_3afeb975e65c766c.jpeg 1500w ' src="https://chantalortega.com/post/2024-04-05-panama-city--fonda-lo-que-hay-and-casco-antiguo/DSCF3751_hu_3afeb975e65c766c.jpeg" alt="" title="" loading="lazy"> </a> <a class="lb-item" 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