I bet that, like me, It’s taken a lot of you some time to be aware of the problem happening to the Naso people, at the west end of Panama in Bocas del Toro, near the border with Costa Rica. Details are scarce (in English) so I’ll give you the Cliff Notes version to put you up to speed; time is precious for these people, so any help you can provide in the matter would be greatly appreciated by them.
I’m not big on introductions, so I’ll get right down to it: here’s an honest-to-goodness list of 10 things you absolutely have to do while you’re in Panama. Did you know that Panama is in the top 10 of tourist destinations in the world and in the top 3 of places where people want to [...]
I find it amazing how shitty we can treat each other as fellow Panamanians but when a tourist comes around some natives might as well kiss their feet as they stroll down the street dressed up as if they were going on an Amazonian expedition. This makes them easier to spot, and many a time [...]
You might or might not know this, not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but I’m one of the editors for AlmanqueAzul.org, a Panamanian site that covers everything having to do with coasts and beaches in Panama. It’s a highly trafficked site judging from the activity I see daily, and people from all over the [...]
I’m not as big of a consumer whore as I probably would be if I didn’t have some self control. I’m still a whore, though: as a result, one of my many ponderings when I went on a mini spiritual retreat to Chitré was to open up a MySpace page. Why, you ask? A simple [...]