The Metro Mall - Panama CIty

It was time to head back home to Toronto, Canada. Mrs. H. hired a driver and took us to the airport early this morning.



Metro Mall, Panama City, Panama

We saw Pastor Monica off at the Panama Airport at 12:30pm and also checked in our luggage with Copa Airline. Since our flight was at 6:30pm, we had a few hours to kill.  We had planned to go sightseeing for a few hours in Panama.



Unfortunately, the traffic congestion was pretty bad and we knew that we would not make it back to the airport in time if we wander off too far from it.

 Instead of exploring Panama City, we went to the mall closest to the airport.

Entrance to the Metro Mall

Metro Mall – is a spacious and modern shopping plaza that looks quite similar to a mall in a North American city.

It’s not even December yet, but the mall has already been decked out for the Christmas season with a huge glittering Christmas tree placed in the center of the mall.

There were also other snowy Christmasy scenery scattered throughout the mall.

With Christmas songs playing in the background, I hardly knew that we were in Panama!

The mall is all decked out for the Christmas season  

The Metro Mall has a number of  familiar brand name and big box stores such as El Costco ( a department  and  furniture store), Victoria Secret, Adidas and few others I couldn't remember now.

A very nice free play area designed for kids in the mall!

The mall has many shops for shoppers as well as places for the little ones such as a merry go round and a kids' play space where kids can run around, have fun while their parents can relax and watch them play.

This is the second mall we visited in Panama that has been designed with a special place for the little ones to enjoy. ( I wish shopping malls in U.S./ Canada can be as kid friendly in their shopping mall designs).

There are a lot of eatery scattered throughout the three floors of the Metro   Mall.                                         

  A very popular place for shoppers is the Leons & Carbon Restaurant where I ate two years ago with the 2012 Mission Team. I still remembered it so it was very good. We looked for the restaurant and found it.                                         

  By the time we got there for lunch, it was well after 2p.m., but there was still a line up.

I was trying to take a picture of the restaurant so that I would remember the name and look for it next time.

As I pointed my camera, the friendly cooking staff saw me, waved at me and tried to make some funny faces for my camera.

Some fun loving and friendly people indeed! What a  contrasting experience for us while we were travelling in Northern Europe last year.



A delicious plate enough for two for $13.50

We ordered this combination plate with steak, salad, corn bread, fried plantains and rice for U.S. $ 13.50, a meal good enough for two people, Helena and me.

 I normally do not eat much beef, however, the beef dishes are supposed to be very tasty in Panama. We tried it.

Yes, the steak  was worth the wait as the food was delicious!

We could have spent a few hours here looking around. However, our ride was here shortly after lunch so our time was short.

But Helena and I did manage to shop at the shoe store and we both got ourselves a pair of stylish leather sandals at a pretty good price. We were happy at the finds!

The Metro Mall in Panama is definitely worth a visit!

R.T.
Metro Mall, Panama City
Panama