Blogs from Taboga Island, Panamá, Panama, Central America Caribbean

Took the ferry to Taboga today. Walked around and then relaxed at the beach. Quiet island. Another beautiful warm day!... read more

It's Christmas time and the Island of Taboga is enthusiastically decorated with nativity scenes for the Navidad festivities. Randomly, at all hours of the day and night, the church blasts Christmas songs from their piercingly loud sound system. From Taboga, there's a view of the sunrise with a back drop of Panama City. It looks like Miami, with towering buildings and cranes busily constructing new structures along the waterfront. The Island is mostly covered with a terraced landscape of colorful houses decorated with lights and speckled with flower covered trees and shrubs. Between the City and the Island, enormous container ships wait anchored, for a turn to pass through the canal. Never have I seen a place where all the world comes together for commerce and transport of goods in such a surprisingly organized way. The ... read more