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Turn the pages of the guide.
 
What is a Personal Planner?
Other Resources
Panama: Places,
Folklore, Festivals, and Museums:details the history of the museums,
festivities, and cities in different provinces of Panama alongside photos
of everyday life.
Focus on
Panama:has interesting links to Panamanian newspapers and news
articles, as well as many pictures.
Panama Web: an
extensive site on the culture, folklore, music, food of Panama. The music
samples are great.
Virtual Panama: an
English-Spanish Internet magazine exclusively on the country.
The Washington Post World Reference Panama: the newspaper's site
contains the most recent news on Panama, reference material, and good
links.
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The Berkeley Guides:
Berkeley Guide to Central America:
Panama
By Ian Signer
Panama may be the most overlooked travel spot on earth. No one seems interested in visiting, and Central American backpackers usually don't include Panama on their itineraries. The way most people picture the country--rife with high-rises, fast food, and American-instigated political turmoil--doesn't seem to make for a dream vacation. True, Panama City differs little from the Western urban melee you're probably trying to escape, but Panama is more than just a city and a canal. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more pristine jungle than the vast Darién Gap in eastern Panama, or tropical shores more striking than those along the Caribbean coast. You could exhaust yourself reading anthropological surveys and not find a group of hunter-gatherers more removed from Western "civilization" than the Embera and Waunan of Darién, or more skilled artisans than the Kuna of San Blas. Believe it or not, Panama is home to a wildly diverse population, melding indigenous, Spanish, African, U.S. gringo, Chinese, Indian, and other cultures.
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