Posts Tagged ‘panama city’

  • High Spirited Retreat With Panama City
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    High Spirited Retreat With Panama City
    The Spanish South American Liberator Simon Bolívar, 1826 described, “If the world had to choose a capital, the Isthmus of Panamá would be the obvious place for that high destiny.” Multi-linguistic, futuristic before its time are few namely characteristics that make Panama City unsurpassable, very few cities of Latin America can emulate its diversity, cosmopolitan essence and high-spirits. Even though, these characteristics formulate this exotic destination, its ambiance is very much similar to the far away Asian trading countries of Hong Kong and Singapore, rather than any close region. Say it miracle or its catching up! Coming to its geographical location, perched at one of the most significant crossroads of the world, the unique geographical placement has proved to be an influential and tempting one. Accelerating a swift  [...]
    Posted at November 6th, 2009 at 01:11 am
  • Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise Part-III
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    Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise Part-III
    Panama City has a variety of nature havens that include 14 national parks, 10 wildlife preserves and dozen or more forest reserves. Gamboa Rainforest is a wonderful place to visit. The remarkable Canopy Tower is based in a structure erected by the U.S. Air Force in 1965 to stock up radar. There are several rooms in the tower from where one can view the magnificence of the neighboring rain forest, truly a bird spectator’s paradise. The Chirique Highlands has amazing forests and mountainous terrain as well as the tallest peak in Panama, the 10,000 feet high, at present latent Baru volcano. The charm of the islands located off Panama’s Pacific coast especially the Coiba, the biggest of them, is also a habitat to a national park. The beach areas of Playa Blanca and Nikki are tabbed for imminent expansion. One can visit the Presidential  [...]
    Posted at July 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am
  • Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise Part-II
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    Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise Part-II
    The ruins of Panama la Viego, the original Panama City, located north-east of downtown Panama City, is the oldest Spanish settlement found on the Pacific. It was once a flourishing city that was destroyed by invaders. In 1976, it had been declared as a historic site. The multiple storied Cathedral situated at the far end of the ruins has the most picture perfect views. Other structures like the Jesuit Church, Covenant among several other houses, halls are quite impressive. Located on the east of the ruins is the Panama Viejo Museum that has numerous historical displays like artifacts, paintings amongst others. The bustling city of Colon on the Atlantic has splendid historic sites, pristine beaches and the mammoth widely popular duty-free trade zone that now houses the novel cruise port called Colon 2000. The Portobelo National Park  [...]
    Posted at July 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am
  • Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise – Part I
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    Travel Panama City – Gold Panning Paradise – Part I
    Some believe Panama is derived from an Indian word that means ‘Land of many fishes’ while others consider it stems from the Cuna Indian saying ‘panna mai’ that originated when Spanish soldiers met a Cuna, inquiring about where they could find gold, to which the reply was ‘panna mai or far away’ hoping that the soldiers too would also go far away. In the Shape of a recumbent letter ‘S’, Panama widens out east-west for 400 miles connecting South and Central America. With a varying width between 30-120miles, suffused by the Caribbean Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean to the South, that gives Panama a sort of tumble-down effect. One could just pause to soak in the sights of the sun rise over the Pacific and set in the Atlantic, with splendid views of the ships drifting through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic Ocean.  [...]
    Posted at July 25th, 2009 at 01:07 am