WELCOME TO PANAMA CITY
TODAY I'M GIVING MYSELF A BUDGET OF SEVENTY DOLLARS TO SEE JUST WHAT I CAN GET IN ONE DAY
THE CURRENCY HERE IS PEGGED TO THE US DOLLAR SO ONE DOLLAR EQUALS ONE PANAMANIAN BALBOA IN FACT
THIS COUNTRY IS SO DOLLARIZED THAT HERE EVERYONE JUST USES THE US DOLLAR THE ATMS JUST GIVE OUT
U.S DOLLAR THE ONLY CURRENCY YOU WILL SEE OF THEIR OWN IS COINS PANAMA'S POPULATION IS A
SMALL COUNTRY WITH JUST ABOUT 4.3 MILLION PEOPLE PANAMA IS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED THE DUBAI OR NEW
YORK OF LATIN AMERICA IT'S CONSIDERED A WEALTHIER COUNTRY WHICH IS PARTIALLY WHY I'M GIVING MYSELF
TWICE AS MUCH AS I WOULD SPEND IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IN THE REGION SO NOW IT'S TIME TO
START MY DAY I'M WALKING THROUGH THE CITY CENTER AND I SEE THIS GUY SELLING COCONUT WATER THIS IS
INTERESTING USUALLY I SEE PEOPLE JUST SELLING A COCONUT AND YOU DRINK THE COCONUT BUT HE'S
ACTUALLY SELLING COCONUT WATER WHO KNOWS IF HE DILUTED IT OR NOT BUT IT IS STILL PRETTY GOOD
THE PRICE ONE DOLLAR SO I PAID IN U.S DOLLAR AND HE GAVE ME BACK PANAMANIAN MONEY WHICH BECAUSE THE
CURRENCY IS ONE TO ONE IT'S QUITE EASY NEXT I TAKE AN UBER TO THIS ISLAND KNOWN AS CAUSEWAY AMADOR
THE PRICE OF THE UBER SIX DOLLARS I WALK AROUND HERE AND SEE SOME INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF THIS CITY
BUT IT'S GETTING CLOUDY SO IT'S TIME TO LEAVE BUT FIRST I SEE THIS FAMOUS SIGN FOR PANAMA TALK ABOUT
GOOD MARKETING I WALK AROUND AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER UBER AGAIN THE PRICE IS SIX DOLLARS NEXT I ARRIVE
TO THE PANAMA CANAL THE PANAMA CANAL CONNECTS BOTH THE PACIFIC OCEAN WITH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND IT'S
SAID TO HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PANAMA HAS BECOME SO
RICH THE TICKET PRICE 10 I GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL THEN SPEND AN
HOUR JUST WATCHING THE PROCESS OF A SHIP PASS THROUGH EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SOUND THAT
EXCITING I HAVE TO SAY IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COOL TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE 12 000 OF THESE
SHIPS PASS THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL EVERY SINGLE YEAR SO RIGHT NOW ALL OF US ARE SITTING HERE
WAITING TO SEE THIS SHIP PASS THROUGH IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT TO 12 HOURS PER SHIP TO GO FROM ONE
SIDE TO THE OTHER SO THIS SHIP AS YOU CAN SEE IS GOING FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND WE ARE ALL SITTING AROUND TO WATCH THE SHOW THIS IS A REALLY COOL THING TO SEE
HERE IN PANAMA IT'S TEN DOLLARS FOR ENTRY AND YOU KIND OF GET TO SEE HOW IT WORKS YOU
SEE THE TECHNOLOGY THE ENGINEERING AND THE HISTORY BEHIND IT AND WHAT MAKES IT SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART
OF PANAMA'S ECONOMY AS WELL AS PANAMA'S GROWTH SO PANAMA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGES
IN ALL OF THE AMERICAS BEHIND THE US BEHIND CANADA AND A LARGE REASON FOR THAT IS THIS SO THIS WAS
DEFINITELY AN EDUCATIONAL AND INTERESTING PART OF MY DAY NEXT I TAKE ANOTHER UBER THE PRICE IS
FIVE DOLLARS I ARRIVE AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA IN PANAMA CITY WHERE I HAVE A SALMON BOWL FOR LUNCH
THE PRICE 16 SO IT'S NOW EVENING AND UBER IS ONLY THREE DOLLARS TEN CENTS TO THIS RESTAURANT
SO LET'S CALL IT THREE DOLLARS I RELAX FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE TAKING YET ANOTHER UBER FOR DINNER
TO THE COLONIAL PART OF TOWN I WALK AROUND THIS TRENDY PART OF TOWN WITH COOL RESTAURANTS AND BARS
AND IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WITH OVERALL FUN VIBE THE ENTRANCE OF THIS RESTAURANT IS A BIT WEIRD
IN THAT THE HOSTESS COMES AND LOCKS THE DOOR IN BETWEEN LETTING DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO BE LIKE A SPEAK EASY VIBE OR IT'S JUST HEIGHTENED SECURITY BUT
IT'S INTERESTING I GO INTO THIS RESTAURANT THAT'S KIND OF FUSION AND HERE I TRY CORN TORTILLAS
SHRIMP CEVICHE THINLY SLICED TUNA AND LETTUCE WRAPS LET US WRAP A PEANUT SAUCE IN A LETTUCE WRAP
THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING SO THESE ARE PICKLED VEGGIES I SEE CARROT I SEE GINGER I
SEE EGGPLANT GET A LITTLE BIT OF EGGPLANT IN THERE I'M GONNA TOP IT WITH SOME SESAME
DRESSING LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY OH AND THIS RICE WHICH IS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POT YES IT'S A
RANDOM MIX OF FOOD BUT IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE SINCE THE NAME OF THIS RESTAURANT TRANSLATES TO
WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE THE PRICE FOR DINNER COSTS 18 PLUS I PAIR IT ALL WITH A PANAMANIAN
BEER CALLED DORADO WHICH COST ME FIVE DOLLARS SO THERE I DID IT I SPENT 70 DOLLARS IN ONE DAY
IN PANAMA OF COURSE YOU CAN DO IT FOR CHEAPER OR A LOT MORE BUT THIS WAS THE OPTIMUM WAY TO SPEND
THE DAY FIND MY OTHER CASH BUDGET CHALLENGES I'VE DONE FROM BALI AND BANGKOK TO TURKEY AND BRAZIL
LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART AND WHAT CITY SHOULD I GO TO NEXT
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