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dsc · 07-01-2008

OK, back home from 2 weeks in Panama.

Here's my experiences after finding things out on my own regarding what I was curious about before in this thread..

I took a bus from Panama City to David. It takes about 7 hours with a 1/2 hr break kind of half-way in Santiago. Bus was "modernish" & sufficiently comfortable. $12.80 one way. I simply showed up at ~ 5:45 AM one morning and was on the 6:30 AM bus.

About the scenery along the way. It's really nothing special. After the first 50-100km, it's pretty much all the same. Green shrubbery, bus stops, towns that all look pretty much the same. The fact that it rained most of the way from PC to David didn't help.

If/when I go back to Boquete (which I enjoyed more than I anticipated) I would fly to & from David.

I flew back from David to PC on this trip. Ticket was $104 US with Aeroperlas. I booked it 2-3 days in advance.

I don't anticipate any problems getting on a plane if one just showed up midday and purchased a ticket for the same day. There were only 11 passengers on the 48 seat plane I was on from David back to PC.

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dsc Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 54 Rep Power: 1	OK, back home from 2 weeks in Panama. Here's my experiences after finding things out on my own regarding what I was curious about before in this thread.. I took a bus from Panama City to David. It takes about 7 hours with a 1/2 hr break kind of half-way in Santiago. Bus was "modernish" & sufficiently comfortable. $12.80 one way. I simply showed up at ~ 5:45 AM one morning and was on the 6:30 AM bus. About the scenery along the way. It's really nothing special. After the first 50-100km, it's pretty much all the same. Green shrubbery, bus stops, towns that all look pretty much the same. The fact that it rained most of the way from PC to David didn't help. If/when I go back to Boquete (which I enjoyed more than I anticipated) I would fly to & from David. I flew back from David to PC on this trip. Ticket was $104 US with Aeroperlas. I booked it 2-3 days in advance. I don't anticipate any problems getting on a plane if one just showed up midday and purchased a ticket for the same day. There were only 11 passengers on the 48 seat plane I was on from David back to PC.