After surviving the bureaucratic insanity of shipping my van from Panama to Colombia we drove to the Atlantic port of Colon aka Ghetto S*t Hole to place the van in the container. After giving up my keys with some hesitation, we boarded a local bus that took us to a magical colonial port (so old it was named by the Italians) of Portobelo. There is a visible expat population surviving on cheap beer and tasty bread. The small town sports two beautifully preserved XVIth century forts and medieval walls that proudly reminisce of the old glory days of the Spanish empire.