Country Info
- Panama
- Capital
- balboa (PAB)
- Currency
- 2,845,647
- Population
- PA
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Panama, Panama
Good morning PANAMA!
Good morning Panama! Woke up at around 11, Meli made us bolillos (not sure how to describe them…think of a hot dog made of masa, but that kinda tastes like cheese) and queso fresco. Delicious! OMG AND COFFEE! COOOOOOOOOFFEEE I LOOOOVE THE COFFEE!!!! ...
Jungle Island Fun!
... repetoire. His name was johnson and he had a gold tooth, quite a cool guy! Anyway we have to leave tomorrow as wel only have one week left and want to go to a village in a volcano crater before Panama city, is sad to leave this sweet ...
HORSE RIDE INTO THE HILLS
... on tours the only other way is hiring a car, which we decided to do today after a horse riding tour. Quite honestly Panama is a great country to drive around and had we known this we would have preferred the independence of 'going alone’ and ...
REFUGE, RAIN AND FOOTIE
This morning was lazy. In fact most of our time here was lazy. This isn't good for the Priest family – so we were getting a bit cranky. This morning we took a visit to the Animal Refuge which the kids loved as they heard such heart rendering ...
Stopover in Panama
I needed to throw this stopover in. Apparently refueling stops count towards the total in the Traveler's Century Club(See my entry from Dec 29, 2008). We'll definitely come and do more here again when we do a Central American trip. As it was, I did ...
Buenos dias.
... experience, we´ll be back there for a couple more days before we come home, but that can wait. So right now, we´re in Panama, and not many people speaka the English. Having said that, we no speaka Espanol! We plan to take a few spanish lessons though, ...
SURPRISE! This is Now Your Study!
One Sunday after meeting I was out in service with the only elder in our congregation, Juan Barerra, Meredith, Olympia, Pedro and Edward. All 6 of us crammed into Juan's tiny Toyota. That seems crazy and unsafe doesn't it? It was a big shocker ...
Bastimentos- exploring some of the interior
Today we hiked back into the nature reserve that Eclypse de Mar owns and also went beyond it until it got too thick and muddy. We were looking for the sloths, iguanas and caimen that live in the area but no luck. We did see a few poison-arrow frogs, ...
Panamanian Dentist and the Canal in one day
... partaking in 'medical tourism.' After my happy morning at the dentist, we spent the rest of Friday afternoon at the Panama Canal. I can honestly say I was completely and utterly impressed! I had no idea how technologically advanced my fellow Americans ...
Sailing from Panama to Colombia
After touring through Central America, my next flight is leaving from Bogota in Colombia. Passing by road from Panama to Colombia is not possible due to the Darien gap, so I had decided pretty early on to do a boat trip via the San Blas archipel. I read a ...
Panama and the new guys.
... was this good bit at night when we all were looking out to sea and Dan said..hey wait a minute why isn't anyone taking pictures of panama city at night?? Errrr. Dan. That is a boat and it´s only about 500 meters away. That was ...
San Jose, Manuel Antonio, San Isidro and Boquete
... . We ran into a bit of a snag when the ATM ate Dan's debit (but we eventually got it sorted). The next day was Panama day! We hopped on a bus to David, Panama that was extremely comfortable. We got to the border in no time. Crossing into Panama was ...
On day 7 out of 107 !!!!
We are on Day 7, just entered Gatun Lake after coming thru the locks...wonderful experience, although we have both been here before! I have not exited on the Pacific side so that will be a new experience this afternoon. The ship had been in ...
A Break from the Heat in El Valle
... from the hustle and bustle of Panama City. There are lots of very expensive second homes that the wealthy use as a respite from Panama City. We only intended on being there for a couple of days, but like everywhere else we had been ended up staying ...
Bocas Del Toro
Bocas Del Toro - From the canal we headed to the Island of Bocas Del Toro, off the Caribbean coast of Panama. This is a relaxed island where we stayed for a few days, but the weather wasn't great, with quite a lot of rain. Did a boat trip ...
Change of Plans
... to continue sailing. Of course, that means we are selling the boat. We are hoping to sell it while here in Panama. . We have had over 4 years of exciting sailing experiences and have met over 800 like-minded individuals from all over the ...
Lost & Found Eco-lodge
Hello avid readers! So we departed Boquete having made exciting sandwiches for our excursion to the Lost and Found hostel in the Fortuna Reserve. We had booked a tour with 2 American girls and it was to take us to some hot springs, petroglyphs and a ...
Rained Off
Hello again! I promise this will be a shorter entry than the last. We left L&F and caught a minibus to Almirante the port on the mainland. The bus was terrible, or at least only 5ft tall and we were standing. Still we were amazed when about an ...
Boquete - Day 1
ANother lazy start to the day. Went for a run in the "neighborhood" first thing. Gorgeous morning. House is next door to multiple coffee plantations (fincas). Running from the house up the fist hill my chest was pounding, I forgot the elevation was at ...
Through the roads in Panama
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Less than 1 Year Left!
... and he said he would send the paper work. Well he never did, so I found out that the CONECTATE office was in Panama City and scheduled and appointment with them. People from CONECTATE came out to the school, met with the principal and have started ...
The Day of the Almojabano
Today I rolled (almost literally) out of bed and into my skirt for the service meeting at 8:30am. YES. I said 8:30 0.o Fortunately it was in our living room, so at least we didnt have to walk far! It ended up just being Pablo, Isabel and us ...
L'archipel des San Blas et les Indiens Kuna FR/EN
... American Indians who have best preserved their culture and traditions despite numerous Spanish and other invasions. After a rebellion against Panama earlier in this century, they have become an autonomous territory under the name of Kuna Yala. Women ...
Boquete tales
... if we hear a horn blow, we think, oh my gosh, what did I do wrong, or where´s the potential crash situation. In Panama, just driving down the street, most drivers are blowing or tooting car horns. It can mean: Watch out, I´m coming through, ...
Whats in a name...
Today we met a young deaf boy (around 7 it looked like) and after introducing ourselves we found that he didn't know his own name... He even seemed confused about the idea of what a name was. After talking with his father we found out what his name was ...
Coast to Coast
Next morning I loaded up my wet gear, things had dried a little but some things were still completly soaked, even in the bags which were supposed to be covered by wet gear, the rain just gets in when its that heavy. The Germans had rode on to a beach ...
Through the American roads
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THE EFFECTS OF WATER SKIING AND WAKE BOARDING
30th April Today we joined a group tour. We have been starved of other company in Boquete so we need to socialise. We joined forces with a young couple from the USA and some guys from Italy. Our first visit was to find the dolphins along ...