
Ya llegué a Panamá! No pude ver mucho desde el avión, porque había un nenito que se empecinaba en cerrar la ventana, para así dormir tranquilo. :-(

Comprobé que eso era cierto una vez que salí a caminar. Los precios son en dólares americanos, porque esa es la moneda oficial (ver notas). Una hamburguesa completa, con papas fritas y gaseosa cuesta un poco menos de $2.00. A la noche nos invitaron a cenar a una parrilla que se llama "Jimmy". Comí una milanesa con papas fritas que tuvo sabor a gloria, y mi comida costó algo así como $8.00. La verdad es que me pareció barato.

Una vez que volvimos de cenar, nos tuvimos que conectar con Colombia para solucionar un problema que había en uno de los sanatorios. Estuvimos de las 10:20 a la 1:30, pero todo parece indicar que lo arreglamos. Ahora me voy a dormir, son más de las 2:00 AM y me tengo que levantar a las 6:30 AM. Ouch!
Notas panameñas:
* Panamá está sobre el Pacífico, pero la playa se ve fea, por la contaminación y las extremas mareas. Hay un plan de saneamiento en marcha, lo que es buenas noticias.
* La ciudad es muy moderna, hay edificios altísimos, y parecería que estamos ante un boom de la construcción.
* La moneda oficial es el dólar, como dije, pero para las monedas aún se usa el balboa. La paridad es 1 a 1, por supuesto.

I arrived in Panama! I couldn't see a lot from the plane, because there was this little kid who would close the window, and then go to sleep. :-(
I was impressed by the airport, is really beatiful. I took a taxi which took me to the hotel, charging me U$S 27.40 for the trip. I felt it was very expensive, maybe because I compared against Colombia instead of Canada. But I couldn't stop asking myself: "wasn't Panama supposed to be cheaper than Colombia?".
I verified that this was true once I went out for a walk. Prices are in American dollars, because that's the official currency (see notes). A burguer with fries and a pop are a little under $2.00. We were invited for dinner, and we went to a restaurant called "Jimmy". I had a schnitzel with fries that tasted like glory, and it was about $8.00. That really looked cheap.

I just found out there's a pool, though it's outdoor and it rained today -like the rest of the week so far.
Once we got back from dinner, we had to connect to Colombia to fix a problem that was found at one of the hospitals. We worked from 10:20 PM to 1:30 AM, but everything indicates that we fixed the problem. I'm going to bed now, it's more than 2:00 AM and I have to get up at 6:30 AM. Ouch!
Notes from Panama:
* Panamá City is on the Pacific, but the beach looks ugly, because of contamination and extreme tides. There's a plan in march to clean the area, which is a good thing.
* The city is modern, with very tall buildings, and it looks like we're in the presence of a construction boom.
* The official currency is the American dollar, as I said, but for the coins they still use the old currency, the balboa. Conversion rate is 1 to 1, obviously.
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