The banking district here in Panama City is normally known as the Area Bancaria. Today I foolheartedly went to the bank. Leaving the bank the formerly slight drizzle had turned in to a fully fledged Panama down pour. I mentioned Fool heartedly earlier, as this happens everyday at around this time, but normally I have the good sense to stay in my office during that period.

I sat waiting on the banks steps, while in less than 10 minutes a foot and a half or more of water was collected in the road in front of the bank, thus converted from Area Bancaria to Mar Bancario. If any of you know Panama, its the road infront of the entrance to the Banco Continental tower. Granted this was at the bottom of a hill and its lower there than on Calle 50 to the left. Still, it was amazing to see.

Being a boring semi gringo type wanting to get back to the office, I grew impatient and started legging it the back way meeting up with my wife on way. Now Im sitting in a nice airconditioned office with my legs wet half ways to my knees. My socks are drying behind the fan of my pc as we dont normally have any need for radiators here.

If anyone wants to gleefully follow the last month and a half of “Winter” we’ve got here, there is no better site than The Panama Canal’s Weather Radar Movie which is continuously updated. Panama City is right in the center and Las Perlas where the current US Series of Survivor was filmed is the large archipelago at the bottom right.