The Lost Paradise of Panamá

Along the Interamericana, and Panama’s highways and back roads, are many restaurants and vendor stands. They sell mainly home-made food and hand-made items. There’s fast-food in some of Panama’s cities, but for the most part, you need to order and wait. In some places you can watch the meat being cooked and pick out the piece of chicken or beef you want.

That’s what we did in the below picture. Just around the corner was a video game where you could play the role of a rooster fighting another. On a small, fuzzy screen nearby were the taped fights of real roosters. I’m not advocating this, but be prepared when you go off the beaten path to see things you may not be accustomed to.