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Ancon Again

Jan 312012

I wonder how I went for so many years without going up Ancon Hill. Today we went again and here are four more pictures.

Today we had a much better view of the basketball-court-sized flag that is at the top, with a beautiful blue sky as a backdrop.

From up there you can see the Panama Canal. Here we see Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks, as well as Centennial Bridge.

A view of the Old Quarte. You can see Saint Francis Church, the Metropolitan Cathedral, Church of Mercy, France Plaza and the National Culture Institue building, where part of a James Bond movie was filmed.

And we couldn’t go without seeing some local fauna:

Going down we saw this armadillo, helpfully posing for the camera.

A visit to Ancon Hill

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Jan 312012

Today I went up Ancon Hill with a group of workmates. Although I’ve worked at the Ancon’s foot for 10 years, I’d never go up there. In fact I hadn’t ever in my life…

An incredible place, where you can get an excellent view of Panama City:

While there, we were lucky enough to see six toucans eating from the plams that are all over the hill.

Here’s one I sort of catched while flying:

Then a blue-gray tanager:

And finally, when going back down, we spied a vulture chick. Luckily, a guy that was going up warned us the these chicks defend themselves by vomiting!