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 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 22 2008 | Filed under: Politics, Travel
I smiled a lot while watching this wonderful video. In the end all I could think was: Why can’t we all just get along?
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
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 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 [...]
sduford on May 10 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Photography, Travel
We unfortunately had to cancel our trip to Coiba Island after our boat ride became unavailable. So instead we spent three days exploring the Azuero Peninsula of Panama, and it was well worth it. What a beautiful place that is, with extremely varied landscape that includes rain-forest covered mountains, rolling plains, a desert wasteland, and [...]
sduford on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
We’re heading back to Panama next week to visit some friends and check on our house construction and business investments. This will be my 7th trip in 20 months.
We also planned a two-day camping trip to Coiba Island, and I’m really looking forward to that. Should provide some interesting photo opportunities!
sduford on Apr 06 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
This NuWire Investor article discusses the top 5 medical tourism destinations in the world, and they name Panama as number 1.
1. Panama
Panama offers significantly lower costs for medical procedures just south of the U.S. border. Costs, on average, are 40 to 70 percent lower than costs of similar surgeries in the U.S., according to a [...]
sduford on Feb 17 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
Having just yesterday left a Canada in the midst of one of the worst winters on record, it is a very nice feeling to wakeup on a warm sunny morning in the beautiful and lush mountains of Altos del Maria. Looks like it will be a nice day, and we plan to chill-out by the [...]
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