(Panama Digest) Panama now has an astronomical observatory. The first for the country and only the second in Central America, after Honduras, the observatory will be inaugurated at 6 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday. Located on the Technological University of Panama campus in Penonome, the center cost $600,000 to build and includes a Meade 14” LX 200 GPS Schimdt-Cassegrain … [Read more...]
Panama an Ecotourism paradise
(Pozoni.com) Panama is a marvellous little nation. At just 47,897 square km (29,762 square miles), Panama has the second largest import and redistribution centre in the world (due almost entirely to its canal which moves over 15,000 million-plus ton ships each year), boasts an international banking centre with more than 100 banks, the highest per capita income of its … [Read more...]
Panama beyond the canal
(Canada.com) When my friend Mary took us to the Miraflores Locks, one of the three locks that comprise the Panama Canal, she chose not to stay with us. "I've been there too many times," said the Ottawa native who now lives in Panama. That afternoon in the visitors' centre, standing only metres away from the freighters and cruise ships making their way from ocean to … [Read more...]
Hard to resist the colour, the music, or mood of Panama
(Vancouver Sun) What tiny nation (just 29,762 square miles) is the site of the Free Zone — the second largest import and redistribution centre in the world — boasts an international banking centre with more than 100 banks, the highest per capita income of its region, has a literacy rate of more than 90 per cent and an inflation rate of only 1.2 per cent? It has some of … [Read more...]
36 Hours in Panama City, Panama
(NYTimes) AT the crossroads of two oceans and two continents, Panama City is a dynamic metropolis. That’s never been truer than it is today. Everywhere in this steamy, tropical town are foreign investors talking shop in upscale cafes, expat fortune-seekers toasting their fates in wine bars, cranes stalking the rooftops of a skyline that seems to grow before your eyes and — … [Read more...]