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Isla Grande is where Panamanians escape for the weekend to get rid of the city system. You jump in a car or bus, and in two hours you swap Panama City for snorkelling in the Caribbean, on the maze of coral reefs that mark the edge of the Portobelo National Park. Photo by: ursucookie
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The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica and Panama merges in a seamless sequence of barely-explored mountains and rivers, dense forests opening onto turquoise waters and pristine white beaches. mysterious mangrove channels, coral gardens and exotically wildlife. This is the Oanamanian province of Bocas del Toro. Its capital, Bocas Town is on Colon, one of the 68 Bocas del Toro Islands. Photo by: sanberdoo
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Taboga island is established in 1524 as a deepwater harbour for Panama City visible at night 18km away on the horizon. Taboga was the very first Spanish port in the Pacific. As well as it passed the gold, pearls and treasures of the Incas, in transit to Madrid, while the trinkets to buy them.
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Boquete is a small town situated between the green mountains of Panama, about 60km from the border of Costa Rica. Boquete is also emerging as one of Central America’s latest eco-tourism destinations.
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Eighty percent of the exported bananas in the world are grown in Latin America (Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia). A local farmer has no other alternative than to sell for a price offered by the multinational company. When working conditions and ecology is in question, these companies (Dole Food, Chiquita,…) have nothing to do with it – the plantations are not theirs, they are only buyers.
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Some panamanians called ”Panama City” the ”Miami” of the South. Panama is the southernmost country of Central America connecting the north and south part of America. Today the city offers daily direct flights from about six cities in the United States, including New York, Newark and Los Angeles.
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The Panama Canal is the 8th Man made wonder of the world and the focus of many of our travelers on our tour packages. Panama City is home to the second largest international banking center in the world next to Switzerland. Panama canal, canal across the Isthmus of Panama, in Central America, that allows vessels to travel between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The waterway measures 64km, including dredged approach channels at each end. The Panama Canal handles a large volume of world shipping and enables vessels to avoid traveling around South America, reducing their voyages by thousands of miles and many days.
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