Panama Travel Blogs

Costa Rica, check
Oct 22, 2008 (7 photos)

... about Fast Love and all sorts from huge speakers...   i have to go now because the computer is being fixed at the hostel, but anyway we'll tell you about Puerto Viejo and a bit of Panama next time. See you all soon and keep well xxxx

Cool cool mountain air
Feb 9, 2006

We stayed in Boquete for a total of 3 nights. It was very beautiful there, and sort of reminded us of home because of the mountains and evergreen trees (some type of longleaf pine, cedars, and junipers too). But of course without the snow. The town is ...

Panama!!!! (sung to Van Halen tune)
Feb 13, 2007 (9 photos)

... at the bar in swings suspended by hemp rope from the rafters of the thatched roof. Our remaining three days in Panama were spent exploring the islands by ATV, bus and water taxi. Read "Good Times"!!! BTW - We reviewed the ...

Last entry from Central America...
Oct 28, 2008 (15 photos)

... behind with the blog but have no time to do it in between all the amazing sights and activities and "red devils" (buses) in Panama City. But I{m worried if i dont do it i´m going to forget everything by time i get home! From La Fortuna in Costa Rica we ...

We´ve made it to Panama
Feb 5, 2006 (5 photos)

... a TV and phone and A/C, all rarities at the hotels we stayed at in Mexico. We went to the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal today. It was interesting, but there were WAY too many nasty Americans. We caught a taxi back to the city with two lovely ...

Some like it hot
Feb 10, 2006 (5 photos)

... haven´t found one yet, but are on the lookout, and hope to have them up within a week or so. Keep checking back. Andrew is especially fond of one of him in front of a gun shop in Panama City with a large handpainted, illustrated menu of items available.

Christmas Panamanian style.
Dec 26, 2004 (16 photos)

I am spending Christmas on Cayo Carenero. Just a two minute boat ride across from Isla Colón and the tourist town of Bocas del Toro. It's a beautiful tiny island and I have splashed out for a couple of nights at comfortable hotel Tierra Verde. I don't know ...

A man a plan a canal Panama (read it backwards)
May 22, 2005 (34 photos)

... in colonial colours. The cells in which prisoners were immersed up to their necks during high tide were particularly haunting. Panama Canal - This really is an impressive piece of engineering. It stretches 80km from Panama City on the Pacific side to ...

Things I don't like on this trip, or even hate.
Dec 29, 2004 (5 photos)

I am at the Purple House hostel (in the city of David) with Ben and Steve. We have more or less just finished the seven hours hike from Guadalupe to Boquete, known as Sendero de los Quetzales (the Quetzal trail.) It's a beautiful hike through cloud forest ...

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May 9, 2007

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Panama City
Oct 16, 2006 (16 photos)

... and in a district full of hotels but there are very few restaurants and the ones that are there aren't amazing (the guide book said - Panama City, great food). It just seems to lack a true centre but maybe our opinion will change as we go on. To break ...

Up in the Mountains
Feb 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... In the end, we decided that Panama City wasn´t so bad, although we were not wanting to stay any longer there. Our bus from Panama City to David was 6 hrs long and BOOOOOORRRRRING. We are both sick of sitting after that and the long plane rides, so we ...

David and Panama City
Mar 21, 2004 (3 photos)

... in one of the seats behind us had thrown up and I was almost ready to jump off the bus, we mercifully pulled into Panama City's Transit Centre. After surviving another hair-raising taxi ride, we pulled up at Hotel Lisboa at around 6pm. Our well-appointed ...

The Panama Canal
Dec 1, 2004 (13 photos)

I have been quite the tourist here in the big city. My first stop, however, was the famous Panama Canal. The museum and facts about this "engineering marvel" are pretty cool but to see it in operation is amazing. My German buddies and I arrived in time ...

A somewhat "normal" Thankgsgiving
Nov 26, 2004 (4 photos)

... a ride back to the main road saving us from getting too wet and headed back to the hotel. Fortunately for me, all the Panama Peace Corps volunteers were having their Thanksgiving dinner here and I was able to eat the semi-warm leftovers for half price. We ...

PANAMA
Aug 25, 2006 (19 photos)

... go through the canal. Observations about Central America It's been a long haul from Los Angeles down to Panama City, but a fascinating journey. We've passed through 7 different countries, lowland deserts, highland deserts, modern tourists resorts, ...

Here we go Again
Jan 14, 2007

... more often, even if I had nothing to say... So here I am. We have had a great time with Andrew's parents here in Panama City and are a little sad to be leaving the spoiled life of rental car and Donna and Bill making all the meals (thanks again!). We ...

The Bay of Shame.
Jan 10, 2005 (11 photos)

... City, but decide to skip it. I have spent too much time on the boat, as well as money, and just want to get out of Panama. I can always come back I decide. A new continent is awaiting me and I am really exited about the first stop. "Locombia here I come!"

Panama, land of the canal and so much more...
May 5, 2003 (45 photos)

... over the see trying to be as arrogant as any modern western city... The beautiful bridge of the Americas over the Panama canal symbolizes the link between north and south America en between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean... I was almost arrested by a ...

More exploring....
Dec 1, 2004 (7 photos)

... the canal and in the following few days, I visited Causco Viejo(I know I`m spelling that wrong right now), Panama Viejo - Panama City`s original location before pirate Henry Morgan burned it down - and also National park Metropolitano. This entry is just ...

Panama - land of parties and a big Canal!
Dec 20, 2004 (15 photos)

... beach on the Carribean side with Eddie, Chris & his brother Brian who knows more about English football than anyone else in Panama! After a couple of hours relaxing on the beach and watching the passing ships we headed to see an old fort built by the ...

Lady Kiss.
Jan 7, 2005 (6 photos)

... in the beautiful San Blas archipelago. A 375km chain of coral atolls part of Kuna Yala, an autonomous region in north-eastern Panama populated and governed by indigenous people. The third least common travel method, is to fly from Panama Ciy to typically ...

The Panama Canal
Jun 23, 2003 (7 photos)

... signals. We somehow managed to communicate and we headed off to see the sights. First we stopped in the older part of Panama City, and visited some churches, and the memorial park for the Canal. After lunch, where we practiced our Spanish with Oliver and ...

David
Oct 16, 2006

Travel to Panama City

Wow, that's a big drainage.
Jan 2, 2005 (10 photos)

... Viejo) and Panama Viejo. As well as the impressive Panama Canal of course, at the Miraflores Locks. "The length of the Panama Canal is approximately 51 miles. A trip along the canal from its Atlantic entrance would take you through a 7 mile dredged ...

Panama: Its pretty frickin sweet
Jan 11, 2006 (3 photos)

... the most traditional independent indigenous groups anywhere in the Americas. Having been completely autonomous and mostly undisturbed since Panama granted the region's independence in 1952 after years of bloody struggle, the Kuna are able to preserve much ...

Enter Panama City
Apr 14, 2005 (4 photos)

... you can even select the meal and seat you want but don´t let you reconfirm on-line and list phone numbers that don´t exsist) Panama is a more developed city in it{s overall apearance and resembles a north american town very much. It´s a real hub of ...

The last country in Central America
Nov 20, 2004 (2 photos)

After a wild time in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, I have ventured further south to the popular and beautiful Bocas del Toro in Panama. The border crossing into Panama was sort of a pain as "escorts", whether you need or want them or not, make themsleves ...

Five Best Ways to Leave it All Behind
Dec 31, 2006 (6 photos)

If you blinked you probably missed it! Of course, it also helps if you live in Canada's Capital and read the Ottawa Citizen. Tucked away on page J04 of Saturday's Travel and Leisure Section "Best-of-the- Year Lists" it was probably very easy to overlook. ...

Portabello
Oct 18, 2006

Portabello