Half-Day Trip To Colon from Panama City, Panama
When you visit Panama I think most people want to see both oceans. The Pacific is easy because that's Panama City, but the Atlantic can be a challenge.
Colon is Panama's 2nd largest city and it's on the Atlantic side. But it is considered unsafe and tourists are strongly advised against going on their own. However, many guided bus tours are available.
I hate taking guided bus tours because you always end up wasting part of your valuable day going to places you don't care about or being dragged into jewelry stores, tea houses, etc.
Despite all the warnings, I decided to go to Colon on my own and use a local guide to visit the places I really wanted to see. Buses leave all the time to Colon from Panama City and if you time your day (or half day) correctly you can return to Panama City on a near-empty Panama Canal Railway train at about 5:00 PM which affords great views of the canal ($25 one way in 2019).
In summary, I took a bus from Panama City at noon to the Colon Bus Terminal and immediately got into a cab (very important - you must immediately get into a cab - but they are everywhere), went to the Radisson Hotel ($5 fare, 10 blocks) where I hired a guide who took me to the places I wanted to see and dropped me at the train station. The whole 6 hour turnaround cost me $110 and I did only what I wanted while avoiding any danger in Colon. I'm sure this could be done cheaper depending on how much time you want to spend and your negotiating skills, etc. I paid my guide $50 plus a tip for about 2-3 hours but it can probably be done cheaper. But by hiring a guide at the best hotel in town vs. using cab drivers I felt like I got a better experience.
I even had some time to eat a late lunch back at the Radisson Hotel before going to the train station (although snack food is available on the train).
Have fun visiting Colon. There are other attractions I didn't see, like the Colon Free Zone (shopping), and a fort and other historical areas nearby.
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Moving from Costa Rica to Panama! Find Out Why.
Wayne decided to move to Panama after living in Costa Rica for almost 20 years. Watch this video to find out why.
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Firstly, I want to thank Jackie and Ellen on behalf of my wife and myself for delivering so much more than we expected on the tour. Jackie seems to live her life immersed in the experience, not only the journey. That fact was realized as she guided us through various Panamanian provinces introducing us to numerous cities each with an example of living and housing costs, both to rent and own. We had boots on the ground introduction into the local foods, pristine beaches, customs and cultural influences that were unequaled. Besides, we were given along the way tidbits of invaluable information on the do and do not within the Latin culture, not to mention contacts with honest reliable people to avoid the potential pitfalls of relocating to new environment.
Another plus was meeting wonderful people from all walks of life, some of whom we hope to keep as friends in our future.
Thanks to all the team at Panama Relocation Tours for a job WELL DONE!!!
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Panama's Beauty #15 What's to do on a 1st trip to Panama
Looking back 14 years, what would we have done differently for our first trip to Panama? Well, for one thing, we'd save the $500 - $1,000 on car rentals and spend it on a lot of other fun stuff instead! If you stay in and close to the city, UBER or Cabs are much more cost-effective and not so stressful! Plus, it really helps to know where's best to stay, since that can make sight-seeing so much easier. I'll keep adding to this text and provide more useful links soon, plus we'll be doing many more of this kind of chatty video, with useful tips that will help you plan a super vacation in Panama, so do LIKE this video + SUBSCRIBE to get the new ones ... COMING SOON! Here's some useful links:
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(a) Retired/Senior Citizen prices are for Panamanian Citizens or Permanent Residents only.
(b) TIP: Catch the train to Colon along the canal, from Panama ($25 one way) then the BUS back to ALLBROOK Mall in Panama city (generally less than $10) and checkout that MALL!
(c) There are 2 ferries to the Las Perlas Islands - one departs from the AMADOR to CONTADORA, the other from in front of what used to be the Iconic Trump towers in Panama city. Their prices are much the same. We used the one on the AMADOR to CONTADORA and really enjoyed the 3 days/2 nights we spent there!
(d) The METRO (Subway) doesn't go to many places you'd like to visit - other than from between downtown (Via Espana) to ALLBROOK MALL and back.
(e) Between the AMADOR and the Old (restored) city, is a pretty tough neighborhood, so DO NOT walk there and back from the AMADOR. Next to the restored city, are still some slums - so stay away from those - do not wander away from the nice, neat, restored areas!
(f) You can buy BEER (50c +) and Wine at supermarkets and Pharmacies etc. and drink them at FOOD COURTS in malls) in Canada that would have got use arrested - the 50c price and/or the public consumption!
(g) PHONE CARDS with DATA and VOICE calls: Look for these at the AP when you arrive and ask them to put it in your phone and get it working for you. But all hotels have free Wifi and you can find free Wifi in many restaurants etc but for any of these - use a VPN to surf securely, as just like anywhere in the world, somebody may be eaves-dropping on you. In the good old USA, a famous team member of ours lost his website because he logged on to do work on it over a FREE Airport Wifi hotspot, and somebody got to see and changed his password to steal that website. He did get it back - but only after major stress and problems. Technically this should not happen when your using a Phone-card and setup a protected Hotspot for your family to share, since then you have essentially a private Internet connection and Wifi hotspot that only you folks can access and use.
(h) What's a really good deal? Dental services: Cleaning is $55 Crown is $500 Eye-glasses: Typically 1/2 the price of the USA and Canada. MRI: $700 and on demand. Movies in top-end cinemas (Wednesday is very cheap) and you can order in food and drink too.
(i) Beer in supermarkets (Restaurants charge $2 to $3.50) local beers are around 70c each but when bought in bulk, as low as 50c each.
(j) Nice malls: Multi-plaza (Downtown, expensive, impressive) ALLBROOK mall (Easily reachable by the Metro, Uber or Cab - it's huge, modern, inexpensive)
(k) Many USA restaurant chains are here too - pretty much similar prices though. Our favorite is a Colombian chain Lenos y Carbon, then also TGIF and others.
(l) Favorite supermarkets: Riba-Smith, El Rey, Pricesmart (same as Costco)
(m) HARD ROCK HOTEL - attached to the Multi-centro mall has wonderful evening Buffets for around $30-$38 Friday - Lobster + seafood, Saturday - Roast Beef + steak etc, Sunday - Brunch. We go there for special occasions, the Buffet has a wide variety of food in addition to the main courses above.
(n) Favorite DESSERT and COFFEE place: Athanasiou - google for locations (in or next to most malls too)
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Panama Canal Cruise - Day 6 Panama
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Hey Cruisers! It's day six of our Caribbean Princess Panama Canal cruise, and I am up bright and early to catch our first pass through the Panama Canal locks. We found out early on that this was a really long and slow process. So instead of having hours of probably boring footage we have opted to use time-lapse for the majority of our passage through the canal. Sadly, the video quality does suffer a bit in that the results are quite shaky, but we couldn't think of a better way to show the trip through the locks. I'll give you a bit of information about the Panama Canal, and how the Panama Canal locks work as we show the time lapse footage. After we make our fist pass through the locks we will spend some time in Gatun lake. There are some great photo opportunities here, and since quite a few people have booked excursions, it's a great time to explore the ship. I took this opportunity to find a better viewing area for our trip back through the locks. Through out our Caribbean Princess cruise we had been wanting to try the Ernesto Burger at the new Salty Dog restaurant, but we found out that it takes 25 minutes or more to prepare the burger. Now that the ship is half empty, and we've got lots of time, we'll head over to the Salty Dog and do a little burger research. You've got to see this burger to believe it! We round out this vlog with a little footage of an amazing, but limited port where we will pick up the cruise passengers that had booked excursions. Thanks for watching our Panama Canal cruise video. Be sure to check back soon. We'll be post video from our stop in beautiful Limon soon.
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DREAM BIRTHDAY IN PANAMA (4K)
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A BIG Surprise in Panama
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Moving to Panama as a Single Man
After taking a Panama Relocation Tour, James Kent moved from Kansas City to Boquete, Panama. In this video he shares why he moved to Panama and what his experience has been like as a single man. He also gives his advice for anyone considering a move to Panama. James rents his beautiful home for $650 a month.
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16 Years as an Expat In Panama: Richard Detrich
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Panama City! The Dubai of Central America!
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Seasons in Panama
What is the climate like in Panama? is a question I get asked a lot.
Mother Nature, planet earth has gotten a little crazy everywhere this year. Here in Panama we're having an abnormal summer, however typically in Panama we just have two seasons. That is the wet season and dry season.
The rainy season usually goes from April and is usually considered to be our least favourite month of the year. I always tell clients if you can tolerate the climate in April then you're going to be good all year round. The reason being is the rains are coming in April and it's really humid. There's lots of bugs that come out from nowhere.
The rainy season lasts until about the first couple weeks of December. Now the benefit of the Coronado area is we live in what they call El Arco Del Sol, which translated means The Arc of The Sun. It's basically about a 30 mile radius and Coronado Panama is right in the middle of it. This means we receive less rainfall then the rest of the country.
So as opposed to areas such as Boquete or Panama City, here in Coronado it is actually extremely tolerable. It doesn't rain all day every day and when it does rain, it comes in for an hour two and cools things off and then it goes away. So it's actually quite nice. We'll occasionally get torrential downpours.
Right now we're in January. January is typically the most beautiful month of the year because the rains are gone. It's bright blue skies, little clouds and there's lots of breeze with very little humidity.
But this year lots of places are seeing differences. I'm from Texas and it snowed in San Antonio. So that is bizarre. I've read that it's snowing in places in Africa where it hasn't snowed in a very long time. I think the earth's a little imbalanced. We are over two weeks into the month of January and we're still having rains like a torrential downpour yesterday. So I'm not sure really what's going on but typically in January it's bright blue sunny skies.
So there's a little info on the climate and the weather and the Coronado area here in Panama. You can always message me, email me Beth@TryPanama.com and let me know if you have any more questions in regards to the Coronado area and what life is like here. You can also like my page and subscribe so that you can get informative videos such as this one every so often. That's all for now. Have a great day!
My Trip To Panama
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Panama is a beautiful country in many different aspects just like Colombia. Both countries are listed as common Expat destinations. Due to the diversity of both countries, there's something for everyone taste.
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