Background: With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.
July 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete We are now in Boquete, which is about 4 and a half hours away from Bocas Del Toro. We decided to make a pit stop on our way to Panama City. It was a very long day of travel. We left Bocas Del Toro ... [full story]
May 23rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete Day 208: Panamerican passage to the hills beyond
Not wanting to be searching out new lodgings in the dark, I had to set off early this morning, and having got up before the pervy security guard had ... 8 photos[full story]
May 23rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete Here are my first impressions of Panama... First of all, do whatever you need to do in the morning, unless you want to get VERY wet doing it. I tried, and tried again, I got soaked every time, so now, ... 19 photos[full story]
April 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete From Panama City, we flew to David (second largest city in Panama) and drove around 45 min. to Boquete. Boquete is a relatively small town (6,200 people according to Wikipedia) in the mountains near ... 44 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete The early morning bus from Ciuded Neily was crowded and it was already hot when we were dropped at the Costa Rican side at around 8am. The whole process was rather chaotic and getting papers dealt wit ... 15 photos[full story]
May 4th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete
I’ve been spending the last 6 days now in Boquete, Pamana. Boquete is a small town, with gringo influence, in the mountains of Panama. There is the main street, with some restaurants, a few ... 11 photos[full story]
March 8th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete
On the 25th of Feb, the Katies, some friends and I went to the Chiriqui Province of Panama to climb Volcan Baru. The summit is at about 11,400 feet and about a 7 mile upward hike from the base of ... 14 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete Well, just got back to Gamboa from Boquete a little while ago and have been pretty busy with the bats. Here are some of the picts from our trip, i'll update this with more text soon... ... 28 photos[full story]
February 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete Greetings!
Writing with some very soar muscles, we´re happy to tell you guys we climbed a 3480m Volcano yesterday (not active!). We arrived in Boquete on Wednesday the 7th after a boatride from Boc ... [full story]
January 30th 2008Central America Caribbean » Panama » Boquete SO the rain cleared up in Boquete and the weather here is really nice. Its been about 75 during the day and 55 at night. I keep hearing about all of the freezing temps and snow in Montana, Colorado ... [full story]
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