Hotel Residencial El Valle
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El Valle
After spending two pleasant nights in Panama City over Christmas we realised that the heat and humidity were not our best friends. With this in mind and knowing that we would be spending New Year in Panama City we decided to take the opportunity to leave the city and indulge ourselves in a more spring-like climate for a few days.
We made …
Life in the Center of a Caldera
El Valle, a town of 6900 people, who live inside a crater of a volcano! Extinct volcano that is. The town is surrounded by jagged mountain peaks, and thick forests, with waterfalls, rivers, and hot springs. There are many species of birds and some of the rare golden frogs. There are also several expatriats living here. Fred and I stayed at …
South American Top 10's
... the danger in the mines!
2 ~ Eating guinea pig with peanuts (Cusco, Peru)
Does this thing have peanuts? Does this thing have peanuts? Does this thing have peanuts? We asked 3 bloody times in Spanish… Each time their response was no… Surely they would have checked. Whoops I forgot, I was in South America!
1 ~ ******** my pants due to food poisoning (Sucre, Bolivia)
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Dickheaded dorm behaviour II and body shots
... was somewhat convinced though that the starfish in the more tourist populated area were actually dead and just stuffed in the water. It was super busy as well as all of the locals from Panama City have come down for the weekend, many of whom then tool photos of me/tried to come on to me. Wonderful. Met some nice Irish girls though so might be seeing them tonight at the big Aqua Lounge party. I went back early to get the bus back to town and idxvdxvzvivhvidvv a bit ...
Fiesta del Campesino
... home (or American home for that matter). The lush green mountains and gardens lined with tropical flowers, papaya, banana and orange trees surround you as you pass through the streets.
We were pleasantly surprised to arrive during the Semana del Campesino, one of the most elaborate festivals of the Valley to celebrate the local harvest. We stumbled upon the Saturday afternoon parade full ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking