If you have a long airport layover, have you ever considered the opportunity to exit the airport and explore the transit destination? I had a long layover at PTY, so my in-country travel partners picked me up and we headed to the Panama Canal (30-40 min from the airport) and see 3 boats going through the canal zone! The Panama Canal is a 51-mile man-made waterway connecting the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific. It connects 1700 ports and 160 countries.