The city of Colon is notorious as an incredibly dangerous place to be- many people recommend never going into the city, or not without an escort. It seems very economically depressed, too many people and not enough jobs.

The town is actually kind of neat, in a depressing sort of way. The buildings are almost all three stories, probably built in the 20s to 40s, but in very terrible condition now. The alleys are a gutter for water and presumably sewage. A lot of the pools of water have green algae in it- a sign the water stagnates. The people seem quite friendly- a lot of West Indies, with a real nice mix of other races.