Monday this week we drove into PC to return our rental car and get another one. We had an expensive one from the airport. We picked up a new one at the Rionde Hotel, where we have stayed before fllying out.
We gave a ride to our neighbor who is renting one of the casitas in Costa Grande. She calls herself Kenya for simplicity, because she is from there. She is in the safari business and offered take us on a safari if we could get to Kenya. She reminds us a lot of our friend Karen Kalish who visited us here last year. Both are strong, independent women, with strong opinions. Both are great fun.
We dropped her off at the Rionde and she went to see a friend. We will be back in PC on Thursday for my dental appointment, so we may be able to give her a ride back. There had been some concerns about traffic into and out of PC because of flooding that washed out some ramps to the two bridges which connect PC to the rest of Panama. Things seem good now.
We test drove some cars, used rentals, a Renault and a Nissan. Many cars do not have airbags, which we think is important.
On our way to the cinema we were stopped for the second time at a particular intersection on Toumbe Muerte. It was a National Policeman, so I don't think he could actually give me a ticket, but I gave him $14 anyway. The traffic ticket concession has been sold to a private party.
We continued on to the cinema where we saw the Bond film Quantum of Solace. It was filmed paratially in Panama. We recognized the national theatre as a hotel, and the public housing where the boxer Roberto Duran grew up as dangerous, drug-infested public housing.
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