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- Panama
- Capital
- balboa (PAB)
- Currency
- 2,845,647
- Population
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Travel Blogs from Panama, Panama
Santa Catalina & Playa Estero- Surfer’s Para
After getting lost a few times, due to horrible maps, we finally made it to Santa Catalina. The road was a bit treacherous but it was definitely worth it. It was a small town (but bigger than the last one!) that centered around surfing. The ...
Volunteering in soloy
while we were at the purple house hostel in david, panama, a couple of weeks ago, it rained. all the time it rained. we didn't have nuthin' to do really it rained so much. luckily the purple house hostel has binders full of information about all kinds of ...
Schlidi
... nbsp;David - Diviso - Chitré - Las Tablas - Pedasí - Cañas), wären wir vielleicht direkt nach Panama weitergefahren. Als wir in Pedasí aber mitten in einem Volksfest ankamen, wo es an jeder Ecke gratis Alkohol gab, fanden ...
Snorkeling and Chilling-out at Isla Colon
Krasny den do vasich mysli ;) je to tady super. Vcera jsme byli na na mistni party ve stylu reggae, ktera se pak dostala do stylu reggaeton. Bylo to paradni a dobre jsem si zatancil. ;) Potkal jsem tu holandsky holciny, ktere jsem potkal pred par dny v ...
Casco Viejo, Pres. Inaug., & Canal Hous
Hi All, Well we made it. It was 98 degrees today in Panama City. Tomorrow the newly elected President is sworn in here in Casco Viejo only a few blocks from where we're staying. The security for the inauguration is tight to say the ...
Shopping, more horses, and rain.... lots of rain!
... ; WOW….this place was beautiful and weird all at the same time. It was kind of like the Heidleburg of Panama. They used junk items all throughout the gardens for pots and architecture….which was very cool…but here comes the ...
Rain and Chocolate on Bastimentos
... to take shape. The jungle is still thick in most areas. We saw many of the colorful poison frogs that are found in Panama. After the rain stopped our group went back to Old Bank on a mission to find the organic chocolate farm called "Up in the ...
Oh wie schön ist Panama!
"Weisst du, Tiger, in Panama ist alles viel schöner als hier" "Wirklich, Bär?" "Ja, weil in Panama riecht alles nach Bananen!" (Janosch - "Oh wie schön ist Panama") Um herauszufinden, ob das wirklich stimmt, machten wir uns auf den Weg nach ...
Island Tour
... of Native Americans. Most of these tropical islands are very small. Many are surrounded by coral reefs. The islands are part of Panama, but are primarily administered by the Cuna ...
Panama Paradiso
... boat we ran for cover into wrong harbour of historical Portobello. PORTOBELLO – Throughout Panama they have brightly coloured buses, known by us gringos as “chicken buses”. The thing was we ...
Panama Viejo & Plans Change
Dneska jsme se rozhodli vyrazit do Stareho mesta Panamy, ktere bylo vypaleno piratem Sirem Henry Morganem a zustaly zde ruiny, ktere se staly soucasti historickeho dedictvi UNESCO. Rano se mi ale jeste dostalo maleho prekvapeni. ;) Rodice koupili ...
To Boquete and Beyond!
... arrived and we fell into it, so grateful for the heater as the weather in Boquete is a lot cooler than anywhere else in Panama. To avoid injury to our wounded pride for not listening to Pancho's sound advice, we snuck in through the back entrance ...
The Purple House of Panama
... apple slices we held. Our holiday was over...now it was time for the real trip! Or so we keep saying! The journey to Panama, was a long one. Going via Miami airport, it was mad eup of two short flights and a six hour wait inbetween. After being kept ...
Coffee snob
I am now officially a coffee snob. Took a tour around a beautiful coffee farm in the shady green hills of Boquete, i think one of the top retirement destinations. And you can see why. It wouldn´t be out of place in the alps of france or ...
Shame on Holland America
April 11th was another Fun day at sea and we arrived in Fuerte Amador Panama (Panama City) around 6PM, but were delayed getting cleared to leave the ship. We had an excursion booked that was supposed to leave at 6:10 PM which was called Colonial ...
Dia 20. Bocas del Toro - Buceo
*** PLANING *** Dia de Buceo en Bocas del Toro. Hacer dos o tres inmersiones según veamos. Hotel: Yellow Jack Hostal (www.yellow-jack.com) Precios por Noche: Casa familiar (4 pax.) 80$ ( 14 € Aprox. por ...
Aventuras con cuerdas
... bird called the Quetzal. As we reached our destination - complete with harnesses and helmets (health and safety has reached Panam'') - a couple of people decided to drop out and walk back down, but the majority of the group elected to stick ...
Panama es muy bonito
... to write another tomorrow when I am well rested and fresh. The journey here was crazy and full of things I can laugh at now- but I feel very lucky to be in Panama and think it is such a beautiful country. I will write as much as I can about it ...
Panama's just a canal...isn't it?
The gang Ive got myself involved with arrived here in Bocas del Toro (on the Caribbean coast), Panama from Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica last night after a rugged and painful journey of 1 1/2 hours to the border at Sixaola with some American guys ...
Climbing and Halloween in Boquete!
... sweatshirts from our bag under the bus and the rest of the ride was bearable. Definitely not comfortable, but bearable. Back in Panama City, we found out from our taxi driver that the following day was the beginning of a two day party with parades ...
February
Well this is certainly the warmest February I've ever experienced :) We were supposed to wake up and head out for service at 8:15 this morning…buuuuuuuut Meredith is the only one who made it out. Rae and I ended up getting out ...
Panama City
... is so much more developed than the rest of Central America! In the evening we decided to check out whatever drinking establishments Panama City had to offer. After a fleeting visit to Hooters (after an obsession by a certain member of the group) we ...
Panama City day 2
... us out to the Canal, and Gamboa, the Tropical Rain forest resort area which includes a tram ride, and a monkey island boat ride. The panama canal is worth seeing When we were there we got to see a container ship and a submarine (rare event) pass ...
Wish Me Luck
I know it´s been a while since I´ve updated. Sorry! I don´t have much time to write. Heading to the South Pacific on the 38-foot sailboat Lunambule, with a final destination of New Caledonia. We´re heading to the Galapagos hopefully this ...
Always something...
... not been the case in our stateside healthcare experiences. All of this necessitated another visit with Dr. Lucy before leaving Panama which, of course, extended our stay here. More high winds and days of heavy rain this past week hindered our ...
Missed flights and a side trip
... it was 10am. According to the clock in the taxi it was 11:00am. We forgot there was a one-hour time difference in Panama. *#&$^$*#(@!!!!!! After exploring our options and learning the next flight to Bocas wasn't until Wednesday, we decided to take an ...
Rio Sereno border crossing
... place that we were in, full of tropical butterflies, flowers, birds and even some capuchin monkeys! Throughout Costa Rica and Panama, we have seen a very large and interesting parasitic tree called a matapalo, or strangler fig. ...