(Cards Chat) The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) is extremely popular with players that like to follow various poker tours; after all, the locales offer not just the chance to win some poker, but also the opportunity to visit some beautiful countries. On July 23, the region will once again see the LAPT visit, with the fourth stop of Season 7 in Panama. This country has … [Read more...]
Bodyboarding Paradise in Panama
(Riptide Magazine) Panama! A land of contrasts... actually, who knows, that's just a cool phrase. We do know that it's a pretty neat place - this editor ventured there in 2011 and was blown away by the waves, lush forests and the goodvibes from the locals - but much cooler and more important people have ventured there in recent times too. Isabela Sousa got some fun waves there … [Read more...]
Liana Vines Overtaking Panama’s Forsests
(Mongobay.com) Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh, and led by Dr. Stefan A. Schnitzer, studied the impacts of liana-tree competition in central Panamanian treefall gaps. Treefall gaps, known as the āengines of regenerationā in tropical forests, are sites of high growth, carbon accumulation and tree … [Read more...]
AdventureSmith Explorations Panama Canal 2014 tours
(Broadway World Travel) Small ship cruise expert AdventureSmith ExplorationsĀ announces a year of expedition cruising and land-based touring focused on the 48-mile engineering feat called the Panama Canal that celebrates its centennial in 2014. On a variety of itineraries guests will learn the history of overcoming hardships endured from 1881 when work on the canal first … [Read more...]
Gehry Biomuseo in Panama
(Smithsoniancom) Puente de vida The little squiggle of land connecting North and South America is a recent addition, geologically speaking. Around 15 million years ago, underwater volcanoes began forming islands. Then the movement of tectonic plates pushed up parts of the seafloor. By around three million years ago, the land bridge that we know today as the Isthmus of Panama … [Read more...]