very green city, beautiful trees everywhere.
I just got to Panama City, Panama yesterday, buses are a flat $0.25 regardless of distance and the Metro is a flat $0.50 regardless of distance.
took the train for ~8 mi into town to get to my hotel for $0.50.
ate at a Korean BBQ buffet and saw a bunch of mapaches(raccoons) that apparently live along the Pacific Coast here.
with all the fashionable dress, performing arts theaters and bodegas around, it feels a lot like a casual New York City, moreso than any other central city I’ve been in abroad so far.
it has that “yeah, we’re killing it” vibe.
no long coati claws though, just little raccoon hands.
I also assumed they were a different species since they’re so thin, but so far everybody I’ve talked to says they are mapaches, raccoons, and I can’t find any other species online that looks more like these animals than raccoons.
as far as the locals and search engines say, these are sleek Panamanian raccoons.