Clean, well kept and comfortable.  Right in the centre of the ship so good for wavy days.

Ok for an overview, but we were happy to get off, walk and look for birds.
Went to the butterfly/rare bird conservatory which was a treat!

Good fun.  Would have bought couple of pictures or jpeg files had they not been so outlandishly priced.  Really, $150.00 for four jpegs is just ridiculous.

Interesting ruins, but being overrun by a multi-thousand pax Disney tour is not a good experience.

Ruins interesting. 
Would have preferred a slower bus driver and a MUCH slower boat driver.  There are literally thousands of beautiful birds to see along the river, but not at 20 knots leaving a 10 foot bow wave.
Simply too rushed, with an indifferent and unnecessary lunch.
If I were to do this again, I would definitively go prive guide & boat.

We went to the Las Escobas sanctuary park.
Good guide, interesting microclimate, vegetation and birds.
I would have liked another hour or two there free to wander.

Santo Tomas de Castilla

Interesting park for the semi-tame monkeys and birds.
Not enough time to look for the hundreds of wild birds.  Nor for the advertised swimming time on the beach.

We took this tour for an overview of this big, big city.  And it was ok for that.
We got off the bus at Miraflores because my wife wanted to buy alpaca at the Indian market.  The our guide let us off, and we had a good walk and experience spending money profusely.
Unfortunately, our tour guide gave us wildly incorrect information about where to get the shuttlebus back to the ship.  That led to a semi-panicked half hour searching for it.  Happily, Katarina, the Second Purser on the ship had given me her email and, with the free wifi at the park in Miraflores, we were able to get a later shuttle back to the ship.
All's well that ends well.

We liked the Panama anchorage and I had a terrific private guide with probably one of the most experienced birding guides in the country.
Friendly, helpful people.

Fuerte Amador (Balboa)

All the more a shame because providing good internet access in this day and age - or not doing so - is a reflection of bad, penny-wise, pound-foolish decision in the executive suite at Regent.That really is a shame, because this cruise, otherwise, was thoroughly enjoyable, comfortable and just plain good as our last on the Mariner, several years ago.

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