I've been to Colon about 6 times and each time, I've had good experiences. It is very old and rundown as you know and I wouldn't walk around the neighborhood even If I'm packing an AK 47. I just drive and park right next to the casa and walk right in.
No problem at all. No cover and I believe it was about $40 for half hr. I blend in pretty well. Olympia is a good spot, so is La For and forget the name of the other one.
All are within a block from each other. Last time I went was 2 yrs ago and I plan on checking all the spots again later this week. Will definitely report on it.
[QUOTE=Rippa; 1405337]Hey RR99, don't know if you've ever mongered in Colon before, but I don't think it's by accident that the last field report from that area is from about 8 months ago. I wanted to see what the 'bad juju' was all about concerning Colon a year or so ago and took my sumo-wrestler looking Panamanian wing-man with me. He's 6' tall and pushes 3 bills. I thought it would work out especially well as he even grew up in that port city. He tried to talk me out of the idea for almost a week. He finally relented and we made the drive over from PTY. Hit a couple of sleazy bars where he knew we could find action, and find it we did. But frankly, nothing worth reporting about looks-wise. All the good talent seems to migrate to PC where they can make much more money. Maybe you have a lead on some better locations than we did.
Now don't get me wrong, I like my gutter-crawling mongering as much as the next guy, and I've traveled all over Panama, looking for the low-life as well as the high-brow. But the two places we hung out in Colon for a while would make La Bocatorena in old PC look like the 'Starlight Lounge at the Waldorf Astoria'. Maybe we just got too far down in the underbelly, even for Colon, I don't know. RR99, I have no idea what your background is or your nationality, but at well over 6' with blonde hair and blue eyes, I was drawing way too much attention in Colon. My reasonably good Spanish was not going to keep me out of trouble for long, so we headed her back on home, much to the relief of my partner. He claims even many Panamanians prefer NOT to go to Colon if they don't have to. If you are Latino or can pass for Panamanian, maybe you'll fare better than I did.
At any rate, if you do go, I hope your report your findings, good or otherwise, on the Colon forum.
Bueno suerte, Cazador grande![/QUOTE]
