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Thinking of Panama

Thinking of Panama I have three weeks before I begin the archaeology project at Copan in Honduras. The ebb and flow of my relationship with Mira is becoming a little strained. I am a little worn out of...

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No Good Feeling Here

No Good Feeling Here I caught a bus into San Jose today because I was on my to Panama. I arrived in the city and began looking for the Tica Bus station. I had a folded square of paper in my hand that...

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Tica Bus to Panama City

Tica Bus to Panama City Rode the Tica Bus from San Jose, Costa Rica to Panama City yesterday. Good ride. Comfortable bus service. I wrote Travel Tip #6- Avoid International Bus and Train Services...

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The Panama Canal

The Panama Canal Visited the Panama Canal today. Yup. It was a canal. Felt as if I was checking something off of a list as I stood on the observation tower looking down upon the ships in the locks. I...

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Low Density High Income Tourism

This is the creed of Panamanian tourism. Resorts, resorts, and the cars and buses that bring the people to the resorts. But those upright shafts to boredom have nothing for me. I walked by them for...

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Panama is Alright

Panama is Alright For every sky-rise resort soaring into the clouds, there is a hovel tucked beneath that offers the real face of a country at a skinny fraction of the cost. I am at the beach in...

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Border Crossing Costa Rica and Panama

How to Cross the Border Between Costa Rica and Panama Introduction Crossing the border between Panama and Costa Rica is generally straight forward, although there are a few minor hitches that I would...

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The Sack of Panama

The Sack of Panama Alexandre Exquemelin, the pirate surgeon, wrote a firsthand account of Henry Morgan’s attack on Panama City in his classic book, The Buccaneers of America. I read this book with...

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Playa Gorgona Hotel- Virgen del Carmen

Playa Gorgona, Panama, Hotel- Virgen del Carmen Introduction This is the place for the vagabond to hole up on the beach in Panama. Playa Gorgona is the typical high-rise, expensive hotel beach on the...

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Travel Photos from Gibraltar England Panama Morocco

Travel Photos from Gibraltar, England, Panama, and Morocco The following are links to images that I have taken while traveling through Gibraltar, England, Panama, and Morocco. I am trying to create a...

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Travel in a 1971 Ford Falcon

Travel in a 1971 Ford Falcon and Uniting Latin America Or, A Way to Travel Panama City, Panama, in the food court of the mall across from the Albrook bus terminal I ate 25 cent slices of pizza and...

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What to Do in Panama

What to do in Panama Disclaimer I received a very general question from a reader named Tony asking what he would be able to see in Panama. I have the impression that I tend to travel and have different...

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Overboard in Panama

Bocas Del Toro, Panama I would like to thank the Ohio Department of Taxation for making my Advanced Open Water course in SCUBA diving possible. Without them returning money that belongs to myself this...

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The Argentina Conundrum

Bocas del Toro, Panama I don’t like winter. I don’t like snow. Or ice. Or anything involving multiple layers of clothing. When I realized that my current travel plans of continuing in a southern...

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Australia Day

Panama City, Panama BBQ. Got it. Beer. Bought. Australians. Here. January 26th a.k.a Australia Day. Two days ago I had never heard of Australia Day but within ten minutes of meeting Marise I was given...

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The Bus Station

Panama City, Panama While traveling there are day to day occurrences that you take for granted at the time but look back on and smile when it’s all said and done. Of course that jungle hike, volcano...

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Before Departure

Panama City, Panama Buildings greater than five stories; lots of them. Massive shopping malls. Hooters. Casinos. Fashion boutiques and electronic stores. A truly western world city. Yet, at the same...

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Volunteer at the Ngöbe-Buglé in Soloy, Panama

Ngöbe-Buglé is a county in Panamá were the indigenous Ngöbe and Buglé live. There is an inexpensive way of visiting them through the Medo project. Medo is a small grassroots organization, named after a...

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