Originally Posted by
lobo411
So I'm doing the run leaving LAX @ 10:30 PM 3/19 arriving PTY @ 2:30 PM 3/20 and leaving PTY at 6 AM 3/21. I'd like to see the canal and the Old Town (I like colonial architecture), have dinner, and then hang out somewhere as long as practical. I can read Spanish and I can get by speaking it. Never been to Latin America before.
It seems kinda pointless to get a hotel room given that itinerary since I'd have to be at the airport by 3-4 AM, right? I figure as long as transportation is readily available between town and the airport before midnight or 1 am I should be fine. And I can use the $$ I would have spent on a hotel room for taxis and dinner. Is that a reasonable plan?
Having nowhere to freshen up in PTY will be abysmal with the heat.. The hotels are cheap enough, you can get some incredible deals via BRG's.