Tag Archives | Panama

South America Travel

3 Great Places to Disappear in South America

By on March 15, 2013 2
 

Disappear on your South America travel adventure by heading to these remote locations.

Panama Travel

Panama Travel – Exploring the Panama Canal

By on October 10, 2012 2
 

No Panama travel trip is complete without a visit or a sail through the Panama Canal.

travel photo

Travel Photo – Seafood Market in Panama City

By on September 14, 2012 1
 

Panama travel photo of the local Seafood Market in Panama city from Jeremy of Top Spot Travel.com.

Sailing to Panama

Sailing to Colombia on a Backpackers Budget

By on August 31, 2011 3
 

Sailing to Colombia from Panama was one of the more exciting things we did while traveling in Central and South America. Leading up to that decision, we had a difficult time finding information on the Internet about specific boats and their captains. On the hostel sites that do book these trips, they only list the [...]

Panama Islands

Photo of the Day: Gamez Islands in Panama’s Pacific Coast

By on June 18, 2011 8
 

The Gulf of Chiriquí is a part of Panama that encompasses Coiba National Park and Golfo de Chiriquí National Park.  There are dozens of islands in this Gulf.  We visited Gamez Island for a day in our own personal paradise of snorkeling, climbing and swimming.

Land Border Crossing

Travel Photo of the Day: Border Crossing Costa Rica to Panama

By on April 16, 2011 11
 

Check out Costa Rica Caribbean Beaches. This photo was taken during our land border crossing during Costa Rica travel to Panama on our way to Bocas del Toro. It was a long day of long boat rides and crowded vans. This bridge ill structured bridge separated the two countries. We looked down through the planks [...]

Chicken Buses

Central America Chicken Buses – Short Clip 1

By on March 9, 2011 22
 

Culture and art is best represented in Central America by the old American school buses that have customized and painted in glaring colors. The art on these buses is taken seriously and those details are captured well in this short Travel Video from Jason and Aracely of 2Backpackers.com. Enjoy the show!

Photo of the Day: Miraflores Locks Panama Canal

By on September 11, 2010 0
 

Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) in three stages totalling 8 m, allowing them to transit to or [...]