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Written by Adam Scragg
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Wednesday, April 02 2008 |
If you spend any amount of time traveling
around Panama City,
you'll almost certainly spot Ancon hill. It's a distinctive geographical
landmark in the city made more distinctive still by the large Panamanian flag
flying from its summit.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, April 02 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, April 01 2008 |
Panama Vacation Giveaway: In celebration of their recent publication in Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, The Panama
Report is teaming up with our friends at Tranquilo Bay,
eco adventure lodge in Bocas del Toro to bring you the chance to spend a
weekend in paradise. Submit your Panama travel article now!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, April 06 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, March 26 2008 |
Easter in Panama
is a long weekend in which the citizens of this Catholic Republic
are asked to take off work and reflect upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Son of God. It is during this holiday that no alcohol sales are permitted for a
period of 24 hours which, if you look closely, seems to be far more thought-provoking
to Panama's
people than the resurrection of the Lord Savior himself.
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, March 18 2008 |
We boarded the boat, a 58-foot Hatteras at the Amador
Causeway to find the captain, a large, withered old bear-of-a-man, sleeping on
the couch with a half-finished peanut butter sandwich on his chest and a
still-sweating glass of scotch sitting on the table.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, March 18 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Monday, March 10 2008 |
Panama
is a country rich with contrasts and some of the most remarkable experiences
lie in the Republic's interior where quiet fishing towns and spanning mountain
views sit below the tourism radar of large tour busses and domestic air flights.
Panama's
excellent infrastructure (even in remote regions) and manageable compactness as
an isthmus make it the ultimate road trip destination.
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Last Updated ( Monday, March 10 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Monday, February 25 2008 |
It was not long ago that a friend invited me to her home in
Punta Barco on the grounds that she would be out of the country. I've realized
this happens to me more often than not: a generous invitation from a friend
followed quickly by an excuse which disqualifies them from any obligation. "I
will be in Venice"
Miriam said, "but I'll have Moises the caretaker let you in and you can stay
there as long as you like."
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, February 05 2008 |
The island
of Taboga in Panama is one of lush
natural landscape and rich cultural secrets. It's not far at all from Panama
City which makes it the perfect weekend escape, potentially for Panama's jet-set
crowd; a perfectly rustic alternative to the posh Pearl Islands. For me, it was
the Rueben show.
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Written by Ari Vanook
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Monday, November 19 2007 |
Gab and I arrived in Panama
much the way other tourists do, at Tocumen
International Airport
where a newly-renovated terminal and immigration area seems increasingly
first-world. Having done this a few times, we then wandered up to the second
floor drop-off area where we caught an unofficial airport cab into the city for
a cool twelve bucks. Yehaw!
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Last Updated ( Monday, November 19 2007 )
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Written by Ari Vanook
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Thursday, November 08 2007 |
The islands of the San Blas archipelago don the covers of
many Panama
guidebooks and calendars. It is a region and a people of the utmost beauty, but
visitors should also not be surprised to see various unexpected blemishes.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, November 08 2007 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, November 01 2007 |
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In my youth, family trips were characterized by large black
suitcases which contained, among other things, a sizeable arsenal of
"important" items we'd never actually use. My brother and I would stuff extra
suitcases with the kinds of toys, food, and electronics that one might
otherwise associate with a bomb shelter or Y2K.
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, October 23 2007 |
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This list is not in depth. The
very act of publicizing these rare and once-in-a-lifetime experiences could
burn the very bridges that make them possible.
Further, many of these experiences include aspects which we are not
allowed to divulge. Next to each, in parenthesis, we've listed the related Panama
province. But the rest is up to you...
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Last Updated ( Sunday, October 28 2007 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, October 17 2007 |
It was the first time in a while I felt like I was back in Costa Rica
again. Jagged-toothed coves, islands of deep dark volcanic rock, and dolphins breaking
in the wake. Our worn out panga cut through the sea as the Pacific morning sun
shone down and we looked back at the rustic coast of Panama, spotting from afar the fair
sandy beaches of Chiriqui.
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, October 11 2007 |
So I'm cruisin on Avenida Balboa around ten in the morning,
windows down listening to a little Kanye. The sun's sparkling off the bay, palm
trees are swaying, very few cars on the road. Nothing could be better right? And
then bam!
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Last Updated ( Monday, October 22 2007 )
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Written by Ezra Paskus
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Wednesday, October 03 2007 |
Like most border towns, Paso Canoas in Panama, has a touch of the old west. Located
on the InterAmericana, straddling both Panama
and Costa Rica,
Paso Canoas has everything to make happy both the adventure traveler and the
shop-a-holic.
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Written by Robert E. Baker
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Tuesday, October 02 2007 |
The following is a great account of Christmas spent in El Valle, Panama by Robert Baker.
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Written by Alex Ramos
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Monday, August 13 2007 |
Among the many things I enjoy doing on the weekends in Panama, pool
crashing has become a favorite, almost religious pastime. The deception, the anticipation,
the spirituality of it all. There are a number of hotel pools in Panama City and I consider
myself to be an expert on every single one.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, November 11 2007 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Monday, July 30 2007 |
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It was a lazy Sunday morning when I decided to drive out to the Chagres National Park and explore bat-infested caves with my friend Ivan, adrenaline junkie and learner of 'the English'. “You are to bring your helmet and gloves and machete with you?” Ivan asked. Seeing as though I didn’t own a helmet or gloves or a machete, I grabbed the closest thing I could find: a small keychain made by Swiss Army.
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Last Updated ( Monday, July 30 2007 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Sunday, July 15 2007 |
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We set sail from Balboa Yacht Club around six in the morning
upon a boat called Casa Blanca. "She's 48 feet long" the captain boasted, at
which point I stopped to question why vessels always have to be female
considering they have no attributes that directly resemble a vagina.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, August 15 2007 )
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Written by Claire Saylor
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Monday, June 18 2007 |
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After revising a wealth of tour information posted at the Isla Verde cabins where I spent my two nights in Boquete, it was quickly decided that the Caldera Thermal Hot springs and Petroglyph tour would be our best bet - based solely on the happy faces of the beer-totting bathers in the picture. When I called the tour company, a friendly woman answered all my questions in English, with the final agreement that we would pay $50 for two people for the tour which was to include an open-bed truck ride to the springs, park entrance and refreshments.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, June 27 2007 )
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Written by Robert E. Baker
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Friday, May 11 2007 |
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For Xmas I got two martini glasses and a couple of shirts. Once in a while I like a good martini and would always use a wine glass since we did not have martini glasses. They are nice looking and I christened them a bit too enthusiastically one night. Boo gave me a bar of soap with a cartoon character moose figure inside that of course he got when the soap was finished. We celebrated Christmas in El Valle but first went to the beach for several days. Pika, our dog, loves the beach and chases sand pipers and seagulls, jet skis, horses, etc. She played with other dogs too but, we think she is gay. I guess for dogs that's OK.
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Last Updated ( Monday, July 16 2007 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Friday, March 09 2007 |
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A good day for me in the states would usually start off with a call saying that a snow storm had closed school. In Panama though, I gets calls at four AM like the one from my friend Ivan, adventure extraordinaire. “Matt, what are you doing?” he asked. “Ivan it's four AM, what do you think I'm doing?” “Well, get ready Papa because in one hour we are going to pick you up for go hunting for waterfalls.”
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Last Updated ( Monday, July 16 2007 )
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Written by msutherl
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Thursday, March 01 2007 |
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During Carnival 2007 in Panama, two of my close friends from California were traveling all the way from the “first world” to visit me in “I know it has a canal” country. Therefore, I felt as though I had to plan something worthy of a possible once-in-a-lifet | |
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