Penonome is the capital city of the Province of Cocle, which begins with the Pacific salt flats and slopes though cane fields to stunning waterfalls framed with tropical orchids and the lush, virgin mountain peaks of the continental divide.
In total, the Prov...
A True Sophisticated Traveler I am Not I would be lying if I told you that in Panama, I fully immerse myself in the culture the way they recommend you do in study abroad info sessions. Unlike those who move fulltime into remote Indian villages and drink solely from the petrified shells of the cocon...
A Booming Panama City Awaits Noriega's Return PANAMA CITY, Panama -- When Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega gets back to this lush tropical city after a 17-year absence, the former Panamanian strongman will scarcely recognize his old haunts. I barely did.
The news that Mr. Noriega plans to come back to Panama ...
Making it to Panama To mix things up, I often like to walk sideways into the photocopier at work. I can do this because it’s a very relaxed environment down here and for most people I know in Panama, work is both an interlude and a part of the Panama experience. There is a ...
Don't Drink The Lemonade My college years were spent dreading the day I would be released into the American workforce, an act in itself a forerunner to despair. Although my experience and GPA may have looked good on paper, I knew in my heart that my employer, the keen eye that he&rsqu...
Experiencing the Panamanian Carnival It’s the morning of the first day of Panama Carnaval and I think I am ready. According the lore of carnaval and memorialized in song, one should sleep with his fingers crossed the night before to bring him luck throughout the following four-day festiviti...
Azuero Peninsula Story Panama is undergoing a transformation of sorts. The real estate boom in the city has reached walloping proportions and the embryonic tourism sector is preparing to explode like a seagull on Alka-Seltzer. Couple that with the widening of the Canal, the newly-ac...
A Panamanian New Years for Dummies One of Panama’s unique New Years traditions is that of the Muñecos or dummies. These life sized effigies are an old Panamanian tradition. They are stuffed with firecrackers and lit and beaten at the moment of the New Year.
According to local folk...
IDB approves US$30M Panama loan The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$30M loan to Panama for a rural electrification program, which will encourage investment in renewable energy projects such as small hydro power. The program will promote public and private investment t...
Are People Happier in Panama? According to a recent study conducted by the (NEF) New Economics Foundation, Panama was ranked the 5th happiest of 178 countries. Interestingly enough, the United States came in 150th and Canada slightly better at 111th.
NEF's new global measure of progress, ...
