Autho: Sarah Hackman
Back 
in the hostel in Casco Viejo, Panama City, another early wake up to catch the early bus to Parque Nacional Soberania. I made it all the way there this time and after a multiple km walk I reached Pipeline Drive, considered 
to be one of the world’s premier birding sites. Not many people on the trail for being an early Saturday morning. There were a couple of guided tours and some other tourists along the way. The wild life was incredible! 
I walked most of the trail with another American traveling Panama. We spotted howler and white faced monkeys, three sloths, blue morpho butterflys, and multiple species of beautiful birds including woodpeckers, toucans, acracaris, jacobins and trogrons. After a long morning/afternoon in the park, I made my way back to Casco Viejo. I relaxed in one of the hostel’s hammocks in their outdoor bar area outback. The hostel is in front of old multicolored apartment buildings full of Panamanians enjoying their Saturday evening, doing laundry and singing and dancing to the radio. After a rest, I spent the evening in one the plazas, enjoying the sites and sounds of Casco Viejo.
