Festival Santa Librada - The Best Way To Get A Taste Of Panama’s Rich Traditions
The town of Las Tablas celebrates Santa Librada every July and if you’re in the area, it’s not to be missed. The town’s population swells during this popular weekend celebration, which is the second largest festival in Las Tablas, next to [...]

Filed under: Country Guide, Culture, History, News, Reviews on July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

Character Abounds In Casco Viejo
Casco Viejo was founded in 1673 after pirate Henry Morgan sacked the original Panama City - Panama Viejo. Casco Viejo is sometimes called Casco Antiguo, and the Colonial Quarter. Walking through this beautiful neighbourhood gives you the feeling you could be in Havana or New Orleans.

Filed under: Country Guide, History, News on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

The most convenient way to get to the Amador Causeway is by taxi. From the downtown area it shouldn’t cost more than $5. Taxis are plentiful coming and going to the causeway, especially on weekends. 

Filed under: Country Guide, History, News on June 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

A Typical Panamanian Mola
Because of Panama’s unique geographical position between two huge bodies of water and its multicultural population, the country has an incredible amount to offer a tourist. Here are some of the things I think a visitor would regret not experiencing while in Panama.

Filed under: Country Guide, Culture, Food, History, News on June 26th, 2008 | No Comments »

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.”
–from the Bahá’í Writings.
There are more than four million of the Bahá’í around the world today, spread over 200 countries of all races and classes.
The Bahá’í believes that humanity is one single race and the time has arrived for it to become one family; that the [...]

Filed under: Country Guide, Culture, History on May 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Straw hats woven from the toquilla plant in Ecuador, like many other 19th and early 20th century South and Central American goods, were shipped first to Panama before sailing to the rest of the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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I bet you thought that reggaetón came from Puerto Rico. Actually, it originated in Panama!

Filed under: Culture, History on March 28th, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Thomas Jefferson said, “I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
Panama has enjoyed some lucky breaks over the past few years that the popularity and general perception of the country.  These occurances may have been the result of hard work whose luck was long overdue.  But an uncanny sequence of timely events created a [...]

Filed under: History on March 19th, 2008 | No Comments »

Summit National Park, also known as Summit Gardens, is a forest reserve turned park that is located a mere 20 minutes away from Panama City, in the Republic of Panama. Summit National Park is internationally renowned for having a truly impressive exhibit for Panama’s national bird, the Harpy Eagle.

Filed under: History on March 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Chorrillo, located in the San Felipe district of Panama City in the Republic of Panama, is one of the most historically important areas of the city, but coincidentally also one of the most impoverished areas of the country.

Filed under: History on March 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

The Metropolitan Natural Park, otherwise known in Spanish as Parque Natural Metropolitano, is also revered as “the lung of Panama City,” given that the 256-acre park is located just a couple of minutes away from downtown Panama City.

Filed under: History on March 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Casco Viejo, roughly translated to “The Old Helmet,” is the oldest city in the Pacific Coast and a World Heritage Site that takes its visitors in a journey through the ages lived in the Republic of Panama.

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Located on the Carribean side of the Panama Canal, and opened for business in 1948, the Panama Free Zone is the world’s second largest free trade zone, after Hong Kong. The Zone itself is a massive 400 hectare area within the city of Colón, Panama.

Filed under: History on February 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Not until living in Panama did I realize the importance of the Panama Canal. Seeing massive ships line up in the Amador Causeway to pass through the canal is certainly a sight to behold.

Filed under: History on February 28th, 2008 | No Comments »