(Panama Travel Group) The perfect escape from colder climates, summer in Panama lasts from December to May – and is one of the best times of year to visit. December kicks off the Panama surfing season with Bocas del Toro being the focal point for many surfers. Bocas del Toro makes a beautiful escape from the city, with its close community and numerous stunning … [Read more...]
Panama: Empty islands, full hammocks and superb ceviche
(MSN Travel) Beads of saltwater speckle our faces as we carve a foaming path through the Caribbean. Yet while the scenery that unfolds around us - necklaces of tiny, white sandy islands surrounded by coronas of clear, aquamarine water - is similar to other places on the planet, none of Panama's San Blas islands bear any telltale marks of having been pimped out to a hotel … [Read more...]
Panama Hostel Review: Bocas Bound Lodge
(Sure-start.com) Close to Isla Colon, home of Bocas del Toro, Panama, the Bocas Bound Hostel lies as an “escape from Bocas,” according to PR headman Peter Johnson. Compared to the acclaimed party town, it certainly is a vacation of sorts. Jazz music plays softly at the open-air “Bocas Lounge,” where backpackers and lodgers are free to hang out, drink, fraternize, and check … [Read more...]
Taking the pirates’ route from Colombia to the San Blas Islands
Lee Tamplin(WSJ.com) FAIR ISLES Lounging in the San Blas shallows At half-past nine in the morning the San Blas Islands, clustered off the coast of Panama, almost shine like found gems. Like lost doubloons. Like Caribbean treasure. We've been out to sea for three days, and while it's a yacht we're on and not a privateer, the first sight of land quickens … [Read more...]
Indigenous of Panama
(RichardDetrich) Indigenous groups that were in Panama when Columbus arrived . . . One of the remarkable things about this tiny, squiggly, isthmus of land joining together North and South America, is that there are SEVEN . . . that’s right seven! . . . Indigenous groups of people who were here before the Europeans arrived. It’s estimated that there may have been a … [Read more...]