Panama!

Go for a shoe-polish . They polish your shoes pretty damn fine in Panama . Hard to do anything else , and there are less American shoes to shine these days .

Do not forget that Panama was built by the French . Many of the workers came from the French Caribbean , and their families settled down in Panama . You may remember the tragic aircrash last year in Venezuela . Most of the victims were people from Martinique on their way to visit relatives in Panama .

[Bullitt]

Originally Posted by Buddug

Go for a shoe-polish . They polish your shoes pretty damn fine in Panama . Hard to do anything else , and there are less American shoes to shine these days .

Yeah um there won't be any dress shoes involved. I'm talking this trip is going to be deep in the rural parts of Panama fixing up churches, schools, and houses, running around with impoverished local kids playing soccer, running day care, and setting up health/hygiene sessions and checkups for kids.
Shoe shines are going to be the last thing on my mind. Though we are going to be spending one day at the canal (no I don't know which part).
Afterwards I just made plans to visit my buddy I met this summer in Colorado in Costa Rica for a couple days.