2 November 2011We left at 07:00 today to beat the afternoon thunder storms. Its about 25 miles from Boquete to highway 1 and the road is being made from a two lane to a four lane. Slow going but it'll be great when its done.

Heading to Panama City we saw National Police Moto Cops every three to five miles. They have handheld radar guns. Doesn't much matter as they decide to pull you over and come up with a reason. We were five miles under the speed limit and most everyone was passing us and they'd pull us over for 'speeding'.

The first two we got off by playing dumb. The last guy, just outside Panama City got us for $15 each. He had Dave hide the cash in his pannier. The cop then had us stand back and searched the pannier. Guess what, the money disappeared. It's getting pretty old actually. They're all friendly but why shouldn't they be, we're giving them money.

Welcome to Central America. Wonder what South America will bring.

Got to Panama City at 14:00. Hired a cab to lead us to Panama Passage. He got lost too. Finally found it at 14:30. I'd explain it to you but they're moving on 15NOV11 and haven't yet found a place.

It was a 292 mile day. Oh, just as we started across the Bridge of the Americas the afternoon thunderstorm hit. Wow, does it ever come down. Buckets!