Before I got to Brazil, I'd already planned a get together with family in Los Angeles and a 2 day trip to Vegas to celebrate my 30th birthday on 26th June.
My cousins live in Los Angeles and it's 'only' a 12 hour flight from Australia for my sister and 10.5 hour flight from London for my Mum, Aunt and friends Mun Yee and Niels so it's a good meeting point. Vegas is only a 4 hour drive or 1 hour flight from LA and it's SO MUCH FUN!!!!!
I flew from Sao Paulo with the Panamanian airline Copa Airways to Panama City, then on to Los Angeles after an 8 hour layover during which I went around Panama City and the Canal on the Hop On Hop Off tourist bus.
The Panama Canal is amazing, built in 1914 following a lot of effort by the Americans after a failed attempt by the French in the 1800s.
Big ship with lots of containers going through the Panama Canal
I was really lucky with the weather in Panama - the weather forecast showed an ominous grey cloud with lightning bolts going through it, but when I got there it was sunny and didn't rain at all :-)
Heading down the Causeway to the Panama yacht club
Next stop - Los Angeles!
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