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midtown

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  1. Back from Panama. I made the mistake of staying in the business/banking district. Was pretty dead. Not much to do. I did find a pretty legit local restaurant. Did a half day tour of Panama City. Very enjoyable. Actually seeing the canal and locks is pretty fucking cool. Flew Copa out of PTY to David. Drove up to Boquete. Easy 1 hourish drive straight up. The temp drops probably 15 degrees. I wandered around and found some lunch. Feels like a mountain ski town for some reason. Drove up to the entrance of the volcano park. Those roads are narrow af and you definitely don't want to end up in those huge ditches that line the road. Then drove to Boca Chica. They are working on the road once you turn off the Pan-American Hwy but lots of gravel dirt so get a SUV. There isn't much around and these resorts seem pretty small. This largely a fishing town. I stayed at Seagull Cove which had 6 or 8 bungalows. The food was damn good. There is a small store in "town" which is just like 10 buildings. Otherwise its just stare at the water and relax. This is not a place to go party. That's Boca Del Toro. And as far as speed bumps. Google maps took me through some random neighborhood on the way to a gas station. The roads in the hood are massively concaved. I assume for water control. Like a double dip with no warning. I swear my suv had all four off the ground for a second. Really hard on the front end. Luckily no damage. Well visible damage at least. I decided I wanted to leave early so I went ahead and booked at AirPanama for $130. It was 3 hours earlier and also lands at PAC which is MUCH closer to the city. Its also a Fokker turbo prop. Love flying on those. Last two nights I stayed in Casco Viejo aka Old Town. Booked a pretty big room on one of the squares. Quite lively at night. Lots of boutique hotels, restaurants and they seem to be renovating every other building. Police are EVERYWHERE. Several road stops to and from Boquete Overall I give it a 5. If I ever go again Ill check out the Caribbean side but otherwise that seems like a 1 and done country. FYI. PTY does a double security screen for international flights.
  2. I got in late from travling and missed the first half. What a game. COYS
  3. I had a small miles related win. United wanted $500 to upgrade to first from PTY to SAT. I am flying on award travel and was able to change my flight from economy to first for 12,500 miles which is equal to about $150.
  4. We're you never in there at a late hour chowing down? Food wise meh. Memeories sad
  5. The state of Texas has always had some of the best club swimming programs in the country. The swim center is over 40 years old. It's still one of the best facilities in the world. Imagine recruiting to train and compete in that pool in 1980s?
  6. Fished inshore today in Boca Chica Panama. Hoping to report here with some good fishing tales and pictures of a big ass rooster or some cubera snapper but I got skunked. I have not been skunked on a charter in a very long time. The water was terrible. Green and cloudy. Rough too. I will be bruised to hell tomorrow. I was out on the bow with a u-shaped railing and I almost went down at least twice. and it was brutally hot. Fine if the fish are biting but miserable when not. Oh well. That's fishing.
  7. Here is how I am thinking about status. I'm United. Not a big business flyer. 90% of my flying is personal. Silver pretty much only gets you economy plus within 24 hours. In order to get silver I'd probably end up spending an extra $500-750 on flights vs being a mercenary. I don't really check bags very often so free baggage doesn't do anything for me. if I fly 10x a year and I get economy plus with an average of $50 I'm barely break even if not behind a little bit. It seems like if you can gain status organically then its worth it but chasing it doesnt' seem worth it
  8. Screening is for poors. Clear ftw
  9. midtown

    Getting old sucks

    I've completely stop drinking on the weekdays mostly just due to wanting good sleep I spent 6 hours yesterday site seeing in panama. Walking. Getting in an out of a van 30 times. Standing in line. I feel like I was in a car accident
  10. Same same. I also assume it could suffice as a government ID in the rare case I lose my DL or Passport
  11. I renewed my son's GE. Instant approval. The card is worthless if you are traveling by air. Some people have reported being asked for it in order to use the kiosks
  12. I'm in the Hilton eco. The surpass has 150k right now. Annual fee is only $95. It's pretty easy to get to diamond and like the poster above said, you get crazy pts by being diamond and having the credit card.
  13. That seems to be a lot of pts for a relatively short flight. I am leaving tomorrow for Panama on 35,000 United pts as a comparison
  14. As long as you understand how far 90k dleta will get you. Hint. Not far. They have the most pricey award chart in the business from my experience
  15. Bypass NOLA. Switch over to 12. Find something in Hammond.
  16. COPA @Ghost of LL I'm going to save you some time and aggravation. Pro tip from someone who has been out there a zillion times. When you leave Schertz soccer complex. DO NOT go south down to 1518.. Go north to Schertz Pwky. The traffic on 1518 at 35 can really back up if you get a bunch of games ending at the same time. If you do end up on 1518 there is a Valero there with a pretty good selection of singles. Just saying Mac nailed most of it. Just remember. Nothing in San Antonio is really far from anywhere. Esp on a Saturday. Even Madrid's is only 30 mins away
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