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Capitan Henry Morgan In the 17th century, Captain Henry Morgan sailed as a privateer on behalf of England, defending the Crown's interests and pioneering expeditions to the New World. In 1671, in an effort to capture Panama City and loosen the stronghold of Spain in the Caribbean, Morgan set out to take the Castillo de San Lorenzo, a Spanish fort on the cliff overlooking the entrance to the Chagres River, the only water passageway between the Caribbean and the capital city... |
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Best Beaches of the Caribbean Bocas del Toro, Panama Bocas del Toro is an archipelago with swirling aqua blue waters, palm lined beaches set against nature-dense rainforests and a fun, laid back town. Most hotels are located in Bocas town on Colon Island. The town is low key, friendly and has a surprising selection restaurants and nightlife spots. Many of the locals speak English. |
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Bocas del Toro, Panama Bocas del Toro is an archipelago with swirling aqua blue waters, palm lined beaches set against nature-dense rainforests and a fun, laid back town. Most hotels are located in Bocas town on Colon Island. The town is low key, friendly and has a surprising selection restaurants and nightlife spots. Many of the locals speak English. |
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Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a 77 km (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008, measuring a total 309.6 million Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) tons. |
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Coral Cay, Boca del Toro The cabins are Eco, in that there is very little running water, and no electricity, other than the batteries that generate the little fans. Coral cay is one of the reefs in bocas del toro that you would ordinarily visit on one of the boat tours, but having been there a couple of times before we wanted to spend a little longer there... |
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The Old City (Casco Viejo), Panama Old Town Panama is the name used for the historic and architectural remains of the first Spanish city founded on the Pacific coast by Pedro Arias de Avila on August 15, 1519. Declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO Committee of the Historic District, the area preserves an intact street network along with a substantial number of older domestic buildings, which are a unique testimony to the nature of this early settlement. |
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Gamboa, Panama Gamboa is a small city in the Republic of Panama. It appeared as one of the many others found along the Panama Canal as a place of residence of workers in the Canal. The name "Gamboa" is the name of a tree. El Gamboa Rainforest Resort, a luxury hotel which opened in 2000, is the main attraction in the city that offers direct access to the natural world here. It is just 30 minutes from Panama City, in the middle of the Panamanian tropical forest... |
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