Country Inn Panama

... with the area will get an idea of how far we walked when we say that we went from the end of the Amador peninsula to Country Inn and Suites -- 3 miles? 4?  It was warm and we were a bit sticky but it felt so good to be outdoors that neither of us ...

... that once you get outside of the city out to the "campo," there is no electricity. I find it strange that such a wealthy country doesn't provide electrcity for their people and yet in Nica, in rural very remote places (like Murra!) there is a ton of ...

... time the USA was vying to start building a canal from where the French had left off. In the process the US helped Panama become a separate country but the price was control of the future canal and a strip of land right across the peninsula - the Canal ...

... post I have started posting some postport videos that Danny and I have been making at youtube.com/ericg47 so check that out) Panama was a country in which I did not know what to expect going into it. I knew we would see the canal and maybe some other ...

... - really lovely and the best part, for me anyway, was seeing the driver see a whole different part of his own country.  We climbed very steep mountain passes, getting him to stop everytime we thought there might be another vista.  At ...

... people had less limitations (knees and heart) than I do, you could do a lot more adventurous things. It is a very nice country, with 2 oceans, fishing, shopping, a canal, beaches, mountains, the most modern city in Central America (with plans for many new ...

... for us, as we realized the motor bikes would not be here by the promised date and time and we felt a little helpless being in another country from our bikes. We had booked a trip to Cuba from Panama, which we had to defer, as we were not prepared to leave ...

... port and without companion, that is to say we; and they stamped Claudio's passport saying that he is permitted the exit the country without the vehicle which is about to leave from Colon.  Claudio had a stamp in the passport saying that he could not ...

... Lobo Flash (….I have come to the realization that ….) Before coming to Panama I was under the impression that the country generally runs north – south like Mexico but if you look at the map, its orientation is more east – west ...

... the table where I had lunch. Missing are my notes from some great expat interviews in Valle de Anton and a map of Panama. Believe it or not, maps of this country are very hard to come by. I will have to work from the photos I took of the map. I may stay ...

... is not the safest, especially at night. Undeterred I continued on in the empty Sunday streets. It was amazing to find a country where stores close on Sunday and the downtown is deserted except for a few cars. Heading off in the general direction ...

... no luck with that, so we walked down the causeway to the Balboa yacht club. Here we found a bulletin board to post our sign and a Country Inn and Suites that we got to know well. The first time we went in was just to buy some water, but after free cookies ...

... .thebalboainn.com) but even if you don't, we hope this blog will help make your stay in Panama more enjoyable and rewarding. It's a beautiful country, with warm people and more cultural diversity than anywhere else in this region, a fascinating history ...

... ' (sic). It was a large tome with a green cover and it dedicated each page to a different country. I have always remembered the pictures of the Panama Canal, and the associated facts and statistics, the kind on which schoolboys thrive, and I always had a ...

... destination.  The policeman monitoring the cars leaving the airport thought it was funny as we were obviously a couple of gringos lost in Panama City on a Saturday night.  I reset the GPS and we were off.  I made a comment that the female ...

... Spanish. That is the goal at least. Whelp, I hope everyone is doing well. I am looking forward to seeing my friend Lucy in England soon. But in the meantime I am trying to take in and enjoy as much about Panama as I can. Take care, ...

... .  The flight to Panama City was good. On arrival in Panama, we were treated to the heat and humidity of this country. Going through immigration, the immigration officer, a young lady, was taken aback by one of the stamps in our passport, the big ...

... mentions it in a couple of different contexts and it’s clear that the economic benefits it has brought to the country hasenabled Panamato experience an unprecedented boom. In turn this seems to have given people opportunity, optimism and a huge ...