Let me try answer my own question
[QUOTE=RedLegend;1765708]Hi,
I'll in Panama for 24 hours from tomorrow lunchtime. I've RTFF and I don't see any reports or recommendations on anything in the Casco Viejo area? Have I picked the wrong part of town to get lucky. And should I cab it to Veneto and Habanos. Or are there any secret gems in Casco Viejo?
Cheers,
Red[/QUOTE]Only fair since I asked the question to attempt to answer it as I leave Panama.
Casco Viejo is a really cool area, with lots of late night bars and restaurants. And easy to walk around. There are plenty of tourist and local options for those who want to put in the hard work to chat them up. I usually don't!
There are two spots about 5 minutes walk, La Mayor and La Bocatoreņa (as mentioned below by Wrong Places). Neither are for the faint hearted. But both are full of chicas!
I first went to La Mayor, a strip club, with what looked like rooms at the back, and full of perfectly acceptable options, but I had a little incident that led me to leave. I was chatting away to a lovely Colombian babe at the bar, when the girl behind me suddenly "collapsed to the floor" obviously causing me to turn around. As I looked back it seemed to me that my chica's hand was returning to her side from directly above my drink! Now I didn't actually see her drop anything into my drink, but when she asked me if I'd buy her one. I offered her the rest of mine and she looked shocked and flat out refused I decided that La Mayor wasn't the right place at the right time for me so left. But I'd certainly say it was worth another visit, especially if you speak Spanish (I don't).
I then popped in next door to La Bocatoreņa, now this is really not a place for beginners and if you don't speak Spanish or look like you do, then you have to brass it out and look like you belong. Approx. 80 chicas when I was there and a very lovely dusky Dominican girl looked after me for the princely sum of $20 !! Rooms in the back are not plush, and they don't like you hanging around for more than 10-15 minutes, but if you are fond of an adventure, and want to keep Casco Viejo within a 5 minute walk, I'd pop in for a quickie and straight back out again. In fact I did later that evening as well) I live in Asia and have seen some dodgy places. But this one was certainly in the Top 5 dodgy establishments. But for 20 bucks and with all those Latin curves. Who's complaining.
Next stop Hong Kong for a Sunday afternoon stroll with the Filipinos and Indonesians!
Cheers,
Red