Barely had some time passed after Balboa had first seen the Pacific, than the Panama City was founded. The founder of Panama City was Pedro Arias de Avila also known as Pedrarias. He was a governor of Spanish origin. He founded the City of Panama in 1519. This city had a strong Spanish control and was governed by them. The Spanish settlements became an integral part of the city and began to have complete control over the government and church authorities. But all this was short lived. In 1671, a pirate of English origin ransacked the beautiful Panama City. This pirate known as Sir Henry Morgan destroyed the entire City of Panama apart from the stone ruins of Panama Viejo. It took three whole years to reestablish the city again. This time the  [...]

Panama is one of the most beautiful and exciting travel destinations. Panama City is the capital of Panama. It is a country blessed with sun soaked beaches, fauna and flora of nature, lavish rain forests, adventurous mountains, wild life, churches, museums, idyllic islands, and a exciting pack all tourists who visit panama throughout the year. Panama city-is famous for its panama canal where the water ways joins the pacific and the Atlantic ocean, and the passing ships provide a great view .this canal place a very important role in trade and economy of panama and the exports and imports of various countries depend on this canal, as the ships pass this canal. Colon city is located at the entrance of Panama Canal and offers a great view at night.  [...]

In western hemisphere, Central America is said to be the most densely populated region. With high population food will be the vital element; lot of importance is given to the food and lore associated with food in Central America. Special attention is given to the technique with cultural aspect of food in Central America. The ingredients are grinded in special way to give unique flavour and texture to the cuisine. People pay large amount to get good taste. The famous cuisines of Central America are a combination of simple and exotic foods. With the help below given top seven cuisines you can understand the flavour of Central America: Costa Rica: Costa Rica food is not different from food in US. The most delicious popular food are: Chilera (most  [...]

The Chagres National Park is located on the east of Panama Canal; to be more precise the park is situated right in between the two provinces Colon and Panama. The total area covered by this Central American national park is 300,000 acres or 129,000 hectares. This park was established with an aim of protecting the region’s tropical rainforest, which runs across the bank of the rivers in this part of the world. The main reason behind this aim of the park authority is producing sufficient amount of water and ensuring normal operation of Panama Canal. Another primary objective of preserving this natural forest is maintaining supply of drinking water across cities like La Chorrera, Panama and Colon. The preservation of the region’s rain forest  [...]

If you are in the Central American nation of Panama, you should make it a point to visit the famous Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama. This museum stores the memory of the group of people inhabiting this part of the world in search of work. These people brought some tokens that would remind them about their original homelands; examples of these tokens include: Pals Y Cuerdas, banjo, conga drums and Ukuleles. The main idea behind the inception of the Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama is honoring the sacrifices and achievement of the Afro Antillean people. The deeds of this community hold a strong position in the history of Panama. The Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama was inaugurated in the year 1980, on 23rd of December. The exact location of the  [...]

The Coiba National Park, which is locally called Parque Nacional Coiba, is one of the most visited tourist attraction of Panama. Coiba is situated in the western half of the Veraguas Province of Panama. The park covers a total area of around 667,000 acres; the largest share of the park boasts of a marine habitat. Coiba National Park is not only famous for encompassing such a wide area, but also for the many as 39 islands housed by it. The biggest island housed by the park is Isla Coiba. Isla Coiba is not only the biggest island of Coiba, but also the largest one in whole of Panama. Some of the other notable islands of Coiba are: Brincando, Jacarita, Jicaron, Pajaros, Afuerita, Coibita and Uva. Islands of this park include beaches and unspoiled  [...]