Tag: Panama

  • Official Name: Republic of Panama Established: 3 November 1903 (Independence from Republic of Colombia) Population: 4,176,869 (2018 estimate) Religion: 63.2% Catholic, 25% Protestant, 3.3% Other Christian, 7.6% No religion Language(s): Spanish (English is also commonly spoken) Capital: Panama City Order of Visit: Fiftieth  First Visit: 01 February 2013 Last Visit: 10 February 2013  Duration: 10…

  • Sunday 10 February 2013. Highlights: Flight back to USA and easy Border Control experience! I woke up earlier than my alarm with not enough time to get to sleep again so I just waited a while before hitting the shower. This turned out not to be ideal as my pickup driver turned up 20 minutes…

  • Saturday 9 February 2013 Highlights: Panama City ‘Old Town’, Panama Canal, Causeway, Group Farewell. Today was my last activity of this massive world tour, from tomorrow I will be slowly making my way back to Australia. Lisa helped organise a tour of Panama City and with a personal guide named Felix.

  • Friday 8 February 2103 Highlights: Crossing the Panama Canal, Not getting lost travelling solo. Today I left the tour group in order to get to Panama City and get a full day to tour the city and the famous Panama Canal before my scheduled flight and return home.

  • Thursday 7 February 2013 Highlights: Snorkelling in the Pacific. Today was my only day full day in Santa Catalina and I wanted to make the most of it so I selected an all day snorkelling excursion. Joining me today was James, Robin, Bo and Ivan, or at least that was the plan. At the appointed…