| Show panama city panama city on the pacific is filled with fine old churches of the spanish colonial era moss covered forts and battlements and historic buildings the hotels however are new and modern in addition to the canal with its ever changing scene of water borne traffic the gay life and round of parties with the military and the navy crowd when ships are in and the excitement of the carnival season there is plenty of time for peaceful repose along the miles of beaches then there is fishing both near the mainland and out among the cocos islands in the pacific planes and fast modern ships have brought panama almost to the back door of the united states and its natural advantages have made of it one of our most popular tropical recreation resorts |