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Category: Panama

  • Tapas at Tantalo-Casco Viejo, Panama City

    Tapas at Tantalo-Casco Viejo, Panama City

    A restaurant only needs one word in their description to grab my attention. That word is tapas. Located in the Casco Viejo section of Panama City, Tantalo offers tapas with a Panamanian flare. Once we walked through the door, which was conveniently located only steps away from our hotel, Casa Sucre, we couldn’t help but…

  • Plazas in Pictures-Casco Viejo, Panama City

    Plazas in Pictures-Casco Viejo, Panama City

    Plazas, piazzas, squares, no matter what you call them, I love them. I love to examine their lay outs, their landscaping, and what makes this plaza different from that plaza. Exploring plazas is one of my favorite things to do when visiting a city. The historic Casco Viejo section of Panama City certainly has its…

  • Staying at Casa Sucre Boutique Hotel

    Staying at Casa Sucre Boutique Hotel

    We fell in love with the Casco Viejo section of Panama City, Panama, during our trip ten years ago. I’m a bit of an architecture nerd and there was something magical about the abundance of old, crumbling buildings, calling out to be restored to their former glory. It’s still not an uncommon sight to see…

  • My Panama/Costa Rica Hiking Triumph

    My Panama/Costa Rica Hiking Triumph

    They didn’t know, Erika, Jenny, Rey and especially Liza (we did the most hikes with Liza). Our guides, didn’t know how nervous I was at the start of the week. I wanted to hike. I had worked hard so that I could hike, but I was still worried that hiking would cause an episode. An…

  • We Eat A Lot of Frozen Treats-Panama Edition

    We Eat A Lot of Frozen Treats-Panama Edition

    The gelato was nice and creamy, but what I loved the most was that the flavors really popped. They were so vibrant. There was no mistaking what flavor you were eating.