sduford on Aug 19 2008 | Filed under: Panama
Panama had only won two bronze medals in its entire Olympic history, and the last one was 60 years ago. Well this week long-jumper Irving Saladino made history by winning Panama’s first gold medal with a jump of 8.34 meters, well short of his 8.73 personal best, but still a full 10cm longer than second [...]
sduford on Aug 10 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
There is basically only one serious GPS map available for Panama, the one from Panama-Zone.
I bought this map last year for my Garmin Nuvi GPS and at first I had some reservations because the map was pricey, had very limited points of interests, and contained several errors.
However, the team at Panama-Zone are constantly updating their [...]
sduford on Aug 07 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
Panama’s young National Airline, COPA Airlines, is expanding again.
My wife and I flew with them a couple of times and were quite happy. New planes, decent service, decent prices. COPA is partly owned by Continental and they have code-share flights with them as well as KLM/Air France.
COPA has quickly become a dominant airline in [...]
sduford on Aug 02 2008 | Filed under: Panama
Just reposting this from a friend, regarding an interesting health care plan from Paitilla Hospital in Panama City.
Potential Health Insurance Sign-Up to be held at Dee and Bob Braden?s in Altos del Maria Saturday, August 9th (time to be determined).
Deb Turl, who continues to work with Manuel Granados Licdo, the Director de Services Medicos Hospitalities, [...]
sduford on Aug 01 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Photography
I found a couple of new and interesting websites on Panama.
The first is a blog called Birdwatching In Panama. It provides bird photos and bird watching and hiking tips.
The second one is called PTY4U.com (PTY is the ICAO abbreviation for the Panama City Tocumen International Airport). This site provides dozens of nice pictures of Panama, [...]
sduford on Jul 31 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Politics, Travel
Here’s a cool article from U.S.News on American expatriates and a fair bit of talk about why many of them go to Panama.
Here’s an excerpt:
In his recent book Bad Money, political commentator Kevin Phillips warns that an unprecedented number of citizens, fed up with failed politics and a souring economy, have already departed for other [...]
sduford on Jul 30 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Science
An interesting article on the geological origins of Panama.
(ScienceDaily) July 29, 2008
Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the South American continent through tectonic plate movement over millions of years.
Read the full article…
sduford on Jul 19 2008 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Panama, Rant, Travel
If you’ve ever tried to find a good map of Panama, you most likely came off disappointed. They are difficult to find, and most are not very good at all.
There is one map of Panama that is excellent. Well, it is actually a map of Costa Rica on one side, and Panama on the other. [...]
sduford on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: Panama
If you are planning to get a visa for residency in Panama, you may want to start the proceedings real soon. A new draft law is being circulated for comments and the plan is to make it official on August 26th, 2008. There are several changes that will make it more difficult, and more expansive [...]
sduford on Jun 26 2008 | Filed under: Aviation, Panama, Travel
We got two good news items this week for Canadians who travel to Panama regularly like myself.
The first one was that Continental Airlines is joining Star Alliance. This means that will be able to buy connecting flights between Air Canada and Continental, opening up many new possibilities for flying to Panama. This also means that [...]
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