Located in the modern part of Panama City is the Multicentro, Central America's largest shopping mall with over 250 stores. Panama City is famous for its shopping and offers a wide variety of merchandise including shoes, purses, sports articles, souvenirs, clothes, china, etc. we were fortunate enough to be able to stay for a night in the Radisson Decapolis Hotel in Panama City (a 5 * Hotel) which was connected by a walkway to the Muticentro. That hotel experience was truly unforgettable! The Radisson Decapolis offered an up-scale modern room and the dining was top-notch gourmet cuisine (no beach apparel here!) The main dining room was unique in that it was three stories high and looking up afforded you a view of the bottom of the roof-top pool above. As mentioned, it was only a short hop over to the shopping centre, which also hosted a large casino.

Panama boasts some of Travel Panama the greatest 'eco' sightseeing in the world with the Panamanian Rainforest. Over 300 species of birds have been seen in a day, and Panama offers terrific bird-watching with species such as the iris-beaked toucan, the tangara and the white-tailed sparrow hawk to mention a few. According to studies by the National Panamanian University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the mountains of basaltic rock at altitude contribute to the rich diversity of species. A tour of "Intro to Birdwatching at Cerro Campana National Park" costs approx. $78 US. On our trip it was wonderful to see tiny colourful hummingbirds flitting in and out of the hibiscus flowers, or viewing various types of birds in the trees outside of our hotel room patio. We could not identify many of them, and I would advise taking a bird book along on your trip for more interesting viewing.

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