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Archive for November, 2008

Panama Today Magazine, Online Now

Panama Today Magazine. Check out Panama´s newest online magazine. An online virtual magazine with stories of the people who make Panama such a wonderful place to live or visit. Few online magazines really give you an in depth experience but Panama Today takes you behind the scenes and into the country and the people in [...]

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Seems like the rain does not want to stop this week. November is traditionally the month in Panama with the most rain and this year should top most as the November with the highest amount of rain for decades. I just spoke to a man on Taboga Island who has lived there for 40 years [...]

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Thank you to Matt Landau for allowing me to repost this story he wrote about his weekend getaway on Taboga Island at B&B Inn Cerrito Tropical, and for the glowing review. Weekend Getaways Reinvented in Panama, by Matt Landau of The Panama Report View the original story here on The Panama Report As a child, [...]

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ZEN SALON Jerome and Elodie from France, owners of Zen Salon in Panama City have notified me that they now offer several new packages in their Spa area: Facial treatment: Deep facial cleaning, collagen veil mask and back cleaning: $80.00 Special Treatment: Deep facial cleaning, collagen veil mask, corporal scrub, soothing massage: $100.00 Corporal Treatment: [...]

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We recently visited the beaches in the interior of Panama along the Pacific Coast and stopped at Restaurante Los Camisones. A little hard to find, on the main Pan American highway drive past Coronado, look for the El Valle turn off it is about 5 minutes past the turnoff on the right hand side, you [...]

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Punta Pacifica Hospital Orthopedic Clinic in Panama City, Panama: Pensioners´ Experience Following my story on Santo Thomas Hospital in Panama City, other friends relayed the following experience to me. Our friends are jubilados (pensioners) and live here in Panama. They both had some orthopedic trouble and set off for the Orthopedic Clinic at Punta Pacifica [...]

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While I don´t usually post such trivial news, I cannot let this one go by. Even in the center of Panama City we are reminded that Panama is a tropical country very close to lush and thriving tropical rain forest. I am not an active birder, so sorry I cannot identify the birds better. We [...]

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Contributed by Clyde Jenkins, Panama. My experience with gall bladder surgery at Santo Tomas Hospital. On Monday morning the 28th of October my gut was so distended and I was having such excruciating pain that my novia took me to Santo Tomas Hospital. The first day there is somewhat of a fog as I was [...]

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Blockbuster Material – James Bond 007; Quantum of Solace. Rating 13 PG. In true James Bond fashion, Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig, starts off with high action and doesn´t slow down much. The film is full of treacherous car and boat chases, explosions, crime, villains and intrigue. Much of the film was shot in [...]

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Day trippers heading to the beach, or vacationers heading to Taboga Island on the Pacific side of Panama for a few days to de stress, hike, lay on the island beach, go fishing, take a boat tour, eat fresh fish, sleep in the hammock… Now can enjoy the convenience of the Calypso King ferry, a [...]

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Taboga Island. Beach, hiking, fishing, de stress and relax in the hammock after a fresh fish lunch. Cannot find a hotel in Panama City? B&B Inn Cerrito Tropical has just 1 room left today November 1, and Monday / Tuesday, 2 rooms. We can offer lunches in Ranchito del Cerrito for Day Trippers by Private [...]

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