Panama City Vacations, Panama City Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

This was one of those trips in which very little planning was involved.  I had been looking at the American Airlines flights to Panama and saw that they were open and decided to go. Wednesday July 13 I left Indy at 1pm on an American Eagle EMB-145 to Miami and then took an American 757 to Panama City.  I arrived in Panama that evening and took a taxi to the city.  It took about 30 minutes to get there on the modern toll road.   It was r…

Today we went to the Miraflores locks of the Panama canal. They are the first of 3 sets of locks in the canal. it was pretty impressive though more Wes´s thing than mine. We took a taxi out there- the traffic is of course crazy and death defying. The best things are the city buses. They are old American school buses that are completely pimped out and painted completely over with graffiti paintings and sayings like ¨"The Peacemaker". Some have huge motors, crazy blaring music and big st…

Panama City (Ciudad de Panamá) is the capital of the Republic of Panama as well as the Panamá Province. It is The Republic of Panama’s Largest city and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal.. Panama City is the political, administrative and cultural center of the country.   In recent years, Panama City has become one of the most important financial and touristic centers in the Americas. Panama City was chosen to be the American Capital of Culture.   &nbs…

Good thing we took it easy in Boquete because our journey to Panamá City was a LONG one!  We didn't think we'd make it in one day, but we did!  We'd prepared ourselves mentally, saying "it's gonna be tough catching a ride . . .", but to our pleasant surprise, it wasn't.  We made it to the capital by nightfall and the whole trip cost us a whopping $2!! Good deal!  And since we didn't want to take any risks getting mugged or anything, we just went straight to Ken's pla…