Open-sided bar with two big screens and a juke box. I can sit in my apartment and watch their TVs. On special occasions they have a DJ and disco, so I don’t sleep those nights, which are only once a month or so, thank God! The Royal Gin is across from Lorena Isabel at the corner of Belisaro Porras and Calle Estudiante.
The bars in Panama don’t have any set, regulated hours, the aforementioned seem to open about 10-11 in the morning and close whenever. If it is slow or raining, they may close as early as ten p.m. On paydays (the 15th and 30th), they are jumping till 4 a.m. or so. They don’t seem to regulate the noise level, either, so beware if you buy or rent a home or apartment in Panama close to an open-sided bar or cantina, it may get loud.
My wife has complained to the local authorities, and the Panamanian Department of Health said they would monitor these two places and if their noise levels were too high they would try to make them back off a bit. So far nothing has happened. Most things in Panama seem to happen at two speeds, slow and slower. I ordered a phone from Cable and Wireless in April, I’m still waiting almost two months later to get hooked up.
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Theme: OtherDirections: The Royal Gin is across from Lorena Isabel at the corner of Belisaro Porras and Calle Estudiante.
on June 10, 2007
