Panama City, Panama Travel Blogs

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)

We made it to Panama City last night, after a few delays. Our plane trips took us across the US, into every time zone, before leaving. There was a chance our plane would get diverted to Ontario instead of LA, and Andrew scored a free bottle of wine for ...

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

... due to the Canal which disects the country just south of the city. We have visited most of the sites in and around Panama City: Panama Viejo - The ruins of the first settlement of Panama City. Not much to see here, as they really are ruins with not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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)

... except for the fact we had booked a flight to leave the following morning. After only a few hours sleep we caught a flight from Panama City to Puerto Obaldia (1hr/$50). Again it was a small plane, only 20 seats and along the way we stopped at 2 islands ...

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 ...

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

... route. Anyway, none of them are known to be great cities, although I am sure they all got their extremely well hidden charm. Panama City however, is one of those exotic sounding places. A city I really want to see, and not just because of the Panama Canal ...

Enter Panama City
Apr 14, 2005 (4 photos)

... 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 activity, the ...

Panama City
Oct 19, 2006

Portabello to Panama City

Panama City
Jul 13, 2007 (8 photos)

... having internet/travelpod probs! Hopefully thanks to the helpful guys in the forums here this will save! So, we are in Panama City - arrived yesterday. Today we went and visited the spectacular canal, tommorow we are heading to Casco Antiguo and then ...

Panama Cty and Isla Contadora
Feb 21, 2007 (5 photos)

... so there was a lot of running. We have made all our flights but recognize there is no such thing as casual traveling. Panama City is bustling and very western. It is great being amongst a new culture and the fun of figuring out everything. JoAnn's ...

Panama City Tour
Feb 23, 2007 (3 photos)

... the realtor too. It doesnt sound like a very good way to earn a living. Much of the real estate available here in Panama City are old US housing from the Panama Canal occupation, so most people buy them and remodel the "military look" into something ...

Finishing up in Panama City
Oct 14, 2007 (19 photos)

After our long bus ride, we were looking forward to staying in Panama City for a while.  We ended up getting off the Tica bus into a huge bus terminal.  It had a FOOD COURT...and a MOVIE THEATER.  I don't think we've seen so many people at one time since we ...

The Darien Gap Revisited
Dec 28, 2006 (14 photos)

... of their hotel for a special Christmas celebration - what a treat! Hopes for a turkey dinner on board our flight from Cartagena to Panama City the following day was indeed "pie in the sky" - the soggy chicken empanada was barely edible. But we did in ...

The tropical odyssey comes to an end...
Dec 18, 2003

... it won't be as it is now for long I fear. For now, I find myself back in the towering megalopolis of Panama City. With gleaming skyscrapers and a Manhattanesque skyline, it's hard to believe I'm still in Central America. Indeed the whole country of ...

Pandemonium in Panamania
Dec 13, 2003

... , I had a wee snooze on the summit! Then off to Bocas del Toro, an island Archipelagos off the north coast of Panama. A really beautiful but completely bonkers place, I felt right at home. So went out for the usual skinfull on Friday night at ...

Panama-a-a-a-a-a, Panama! Rock´n like Van Halen.
Dec 16, 2007 (6 photos)

... fumigation at their crossings for any one bringing through their own vehicle, such as a pimpin ´VW van...muhahah So we arrived into Panama city about 3am and found all hotels to be booked solid!! Everyone is down shopping up a storm.  So we payed ...

The End Of The Road
Aug 15, 2007 (23 photos)

... fill 3 days there going for walks, eating homemade cinnamon buns from the market and touring coffee farms. Highlights: - Albrook Mall, Panama City: Shopping has not been high our list of things to do this trip but the deals in Panama City were ...

Access denied!
Nov 12, 2008

... not on our original list. The most obvious stop for us was Pamama as our fligt to Quito in Equador had a stop over in Panama City. After investigating the best places to visit and changing our flight to add in a few days as a stop over we discoved that ...

Panama City
Apr 17, 2005 (3 photos)

... as us the next day. That night we went out to a bar with a large group from the hostel of all different nationalities. Panama City is a very modern but cheap to live in city. We wished we had allowed enough time to actually traverse the canal and ...

1 day in Panama City
Aug 17, 2007 (15 photos)

... ´ll spend the next 4 months covering the same distance heading north). As expected, we´ve blown our budget the first day in Panama City...a good start. Our day was spent on a walking tour strolling through Casco Viejo (the old city), which is full of ...

Panama Canal and Hash House Harriers
Jul 19, 2007 (29 photos)

... nbsp;left for the boat 2 days early just so we could do something new!       With all this time in Panama city I ended up checking out the night life with a bunch of people I had met in Bocas del Toro.  With all my ...

Caught in the Middle
Jun 11, 2006 (6 photos)

... was handed over at the turn of the millennium. It is easy to identify our influence on the culture. Most of Panama City is covered with gleaming high rises, shopping malls and restaurants ranging from fastfood to haute cuisine. The colonial part of ...

Panama
Mar 7, 2008 (16 photos)

... our luggage would have been checked. No big deal though. She explained that they had a luggage storage place in the Panama airport. Getting everything checked in we headed to the gate and waited to leave Argentina.   Our plane was out on ...

Panama
Nov 16, 2003 (5 photos)

... sleeping. The following day (Tuesday of this week) Andrew and I boarded a tiny 12 seater plane on the island and flew to Panama City. Sweet flight, just two pilots (who we could see flying the plane) and us passengers. We arrived in PC late afternoon ...