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Es Senor Castro Aqui? - Panama City

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October 8th 2007
Oct. 4th.We arrived in Panama City at night. The skyline was quite impresssive. We met up with a gent called Abidel (i think). He took us to El Panama Hotel in his crazy Nissan Diesel SUV. It was quite unlike anything i have seen. I think we could have went as the crow flys in this thing but he stuck to the road instead.We arrived at the hotel and it seemed right out of a movie about Havana. ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

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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 ... ... read more