Panama
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Just weeks before Pat Farmer was scheduled to depart for a 20,919-kilometer run from the North to the South Pole, his major sponsor pulled out and he was faced with a choice: give up his dream to be the first man to run Pole-to-Pole or sell everything he owned to finance the ...
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
U.S. Navy, Flickr
Today, the Nicaraguan National Assembly is expected to rubber-stamp a $40 billion proposal by a Chinese consortium to build a canal across the country. The new canal will be over 150 miles long, dwarfing the famous Panama Canal.
The idea of a canal ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Courtesy of FluentRoad.com
Traveling to Spain or Latin America this summer and want to say more than "Donde esta el bano?" (though, that's an important one to know)? Lonely Planet has just launched a new online foreign language program, Fluent Road, partnering with Spanish ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Before beginning his doctorate in biomedical sciences, "Alex the Adventure Biker" took a break to realize his lifelong dream: to ride a motorcycle through the Americas. Over the course of nearly a year and a half, he rode his bike through 22 countries as he made his way ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Writers are famous for blowing into places for a very short period of time and then spouting off on them as though they were experts. Click on my name here and you'll see that I'm just as guilty as everyone else. And writers with a hell of a lot more talent than me have done ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Leave it to the fun-loving Panamanians to know how to show their passengers a damn good time. I had some United miles burning a hole in my pocket this winter and wanted to use them for a trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The only routing available for my preferred time ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
With the possible exception of Argentina, most people don't associate Central or South America with cheese. Like all of Latin America, these countries are a mix of indigenous cultures, colonizing forces, immigrant influences, and varied terroir, climatic extremes, and levels ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
First popularized by President Theadore Roosevelt and worn by countless travelers ever since, the Panama hat has become a symbol of coastal and tropical locales. Nothing screams I'm on vacation somewhere warm! quite like the straw hat, which is known for being ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
The Adventures of the Island Interns is a new online travel video series following the life-changing journey of Ben Brown and Luke Hansen, winners of the first-ever Island Intern Contest.
Held last Spring and hosted by Amble Resorts, the eco-development company searched ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Valentine's Day is coming up really fast and those stuck without plans may think they are out of time to do anything memorable. Think again. Luxury hotels still have some packages available for those a bit light on the thoughtfulness with heavy, deep pockets.
The Trump ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Panama, ranked the number one travel destination by The New York Times and an emerging destination by pubs like Fodor's and Travel + Leisure, has just gotten a little hotter with the opening of its first Westin hotel.
The newly-opened Westin Playa Bonita Panamá ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
A salvage team has discovered the wreckage of two ships off the coast of Panama that once belonged to naval legend Sir Francis Drake. The ships have not yielded up any treasure, but the team believes that their discovery may lead to finding the remains of the British sailor ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a 17th century ship they believe to be from the famed Captain Henry Morgan's fleet, lost off the coast of Panama in 1671.
The shipwreck was found on the Lajas Reef at the mouth of the Chagres River. The wreck is believed ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Skateboarders get a bad rap: they travel in packs of (usually) teenage boys, gravitate towards public buildings and spaces, and redefine the word "loiter." But this shot by Flickr user aaroncolorado taken in Panama City, Panama is graceful, almost balletic. No doubt the ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
News reports of ongoing crime and attacks on travelers in Mexico have land vacationers looking for alternative destinations and cruise ships headed in the opposite direction. Sure, those beheadings, murders and shootings are happening in remote areas of Mexico for the most ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Last autumn, after having tracked the Airbnb buzz for a while, I finally took the plunge and reserved rooms through the site in Panama City and Bogotá for my two-stop December jaunt.
About a half-hour into my first pit stop, it was already clear to me that the ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
The Panama Canal is truly a modern wonder of engineering and construction. Stretching 48 miles in length, it offers a narrow corridor of water between North and South America through which ships can pass to and from the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. This past weekend, champion ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Casco Viejo is on the edge, but of what?
Depending on who you talk to, Panama City's old town, Casco Viejo, has either already peaked or only recently managed to identify how it might achieve its prime.
The neighborhood is inarguably gorgeous. Beautifully renovated ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Ship transit through the Panama Canal was suspended Wednesday as flood waters, the worst ever recorded, made transit impossible.
17 hours of prolonged heavy rain forced the closing, only the third time since the canal opened 96 years ago and the first time because of ...
by Darren Murph (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Panama. It's a small nation of about 3.3 million inhabitants, with a land size roughly equal to South Carolina. It's the southernmost country in Central America, and if not for its mind-bogglingly thick Darien National Park, the so-called Panamerican Highway could run ...
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