Aramo

... room and there were no other rooms available. Instead she returned our money and had the hotel's driver take us to the Hotel Aramo where the rate is $54/night. The Aramo is real hotel with a bar/restaurant and swimming pool -- generally a nicer place ...

... declining population makes it even more uneconomic. Mary tells us that there are abanoned villages throughout these mountain regions. Even Aramo, which is on a mountain top in the valley, just across from Vellano, has seen it's population decline from ...

On my first full day, I decided to visit the old quarter called Casco Viejo. From here you have a panoramic view of Panama's skyline across the bay. Many buildings are in desperate need of repair, at times there is nothing but a skeleton of the former ...