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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.

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By Discopops
July 23rd 2009

4x4 Jungle Racing and One of the 8 Modern Wonders of the World Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

After getting up ridiculously early and being tugged by a small speed boat to the island where immigration was (the engine failed the previous evening), we eventually had our passports stamped and were legitimately in Panama after 6 days of officially being nowhere. We jumped into a small boat and head for the mainland, a little sad to be leaving paradise. The mainland wasn't quite what we expected. A small building with a few men sitting around outside, a plane wreck, and a ''toilet'' - nothing more than a few planks of wood over the water surrounded by corrogated iron - [View Full Entry]

By HenC
July 21st 2009

On a boat from Columbia via the San Blas Islands to Panama Central America Caribbean » Panama » Kuna Yala » Archipielago de San Blas

The catamaran that took me to Panama - "Fritz the Cat"

July 7th 2009 - 10am: Boarding... time to leave Columbia/South America... if I have not been leaving to the Caribbean, I definitely would have decided to stay :) But I am prepared for some nice relaxing days in the Caribbean Sea and so nothing could prevent me from enjoying a nice trip. Just on the open sea for the first two days, surrounded by the about 20m high waves of the blue caribbean waters without seeing any land in this time. Seasickness? Better not think about this, just relax and enjoy... and avoid reading or writing diary - just chillout... On [View Full Entry]

By jazzemmy
July 15th 2009

Panama Hats, Made in Ecuador Central America Caribbean » Panama » Kuna Yala » Archipielago de San Blas

I'm officially two months behind schedule. It's a good thing there are no due dates in this project. Although I'm now home and safe and happily going about my normal student life, it is still important to me to finish off this blog and explain the rest of my trip. I want to complete this little project and round out this record. Staying in real time for a moment longer: today my first travel column was published in my university newspaper. I'll be writing a biweekly column this year called "It's a wild world..." about culture and diversity and travel and [View Full Entry]

By subman
July 14th 2009

Preparation for return to Panama on 17 July 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

Just got back into this after almost a year. Now that I read what I wrote in August of 2008, I find that is is valuable as a reference to activities and events. Now as we prepare to collect our paperwork on THE VIEW - 31B and hope to find out more about its construction status. Original delivery was April 2008. Now, maybe December 2009 but we shall see. Also, am having lots of problems with HSBC panama. First they changed all the web access and account numbers without telling me. Then since I could not access my account they made [View Full Entry]

By luzia
July 12th 2009

Luxus pur Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá

Usblick...

Von Panama City sind wir nun 1 Busstunde entfernt. Bei einer Bekannten von Andrea hausen wir in einem Apartment im Country Club....hmmm...ich weiss, ziemlich dekadent, aber was solls. Hier geniessen wir einige Tage am Meer, aber auch mit riesen Pool und bringen den 2 Papageien Fluchwoerter auf Schweizerdeutsch bei :-) Am Mittwoch gehts weiter zu den San Blas Inseln, was man sich so erzaehlt handelt es sich dabei um ziemliche Traumstrand Inseln. Ihr werdet natuerlich spaeter mit Fotos beglueckt. Danach gehts gleich direkt weiter zum Tauchen am Wochenende. Andreas Freundin ist eben Dive-Instruk [View Full Entry]

By Victor78
July 6th 2009

Panama Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

Nicaragua & Panama 115

Upon arriving in Costa Rica on Tuesday 1st of July we decided that we would pass through straight to Panama City. The others had different dates for being back in the States and therefore different timeframes for being in places so I went along with the majority and the plan was to find a boat to take us from Panama to Colombia. From the Costa Rican border post we took a direct bus for about 4-5 hours to the capital , San Jose, arriving in the evening and were able to purchase tickets for the 15 hour bus journey to Panama [View Full Entry]

By luzia
July 6th 2009

Panama City Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

Vor dae Skyline vo Panama

Yiipiee...wir haben es bis nach Panama City geschafft. Nachdem wir in Santa Catalina noch tauchen waren...ja, Luzia taucht nun auch mit Haien...sind wir direkt zur Hauptstadt gefahren. Hier sind wir nun schon seit 1 Woche und machen die Stadt unsicher. Bilder folgen sobald es wieder einmal ein anstaendiges Internet gibt. [View Full Entry]

By AGirlCalledZoe
June 30th 2009

Hats off to Panama! Central America Caribbean » Panama

The Danish really know how to party!

I have to rate the Panamanian border officials at Sixalola as the most sneaky, officious and downright rude I have ever come across. Everywhere else they have happily been wave you through with the presentation of a few dollars. Here, the oh-so-friendly guy comes to meet you and conversationally asks how long you're travelling and when and where you're flying home from. He then goes and tells the story to his mate at the gate and if you haven't got a direct flight out of Panama then they insist you buy an $11 bus ticket back to San Jose...after this they [View Full Entry]

By crowman
June 29th 2009

Hostel Warning - Boquete - Hostal Palacios Central America Caribbean » Panama » Chiriquí » Boquete

Hostel Palacios

I am writing to share my experience with a Panamanian Hostel in the city of Boquete. Namely, the unprofessional conduct of the owner of Hostal Palacios, 'Pancho.' We checked in with 4 people in our traveling group. 2 were staying a day longer before heading out. We had paid for 2 private rooms. Because Pancho charges a fee ($3 a bag) for bags left after checkout (12 noon) and our bus was not until 3, we left our two backpacks in our friends room because they were staying another day. Upon returning to the hostel after hiking around, we did not [View Full Entry]

By crowman
June 29th 2009

Grown here: the highest rated most expensive coffee in the world! Central America Caribbean » Panama » Chiriquí » Boquete

A bus in Boquete

Boquete was one of those destinations which was not really planned on our itinerary, it more or less came into it the night before. Justin and I were having dinner with Arie and Stephan, and they invited us to join them to go to Boquete. Since we knew we could cut costs, and were planning on getting out of Boca Brava after one night anyway, we decided to join them. Besides, going to a coffee growing region was on our to do list. It boiled down to one of those joys of travel, the change in itinerary based on who you [View Full Entry]

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