The Indians of Kuna Yala, Panama
Richard Holledge
| 1 Sep 2009
"The lure of the islands is irresistible, particularly as there are few places to stay, keeping it untouched, uncommercial and as soothing as you could hope for." Richard Holledge discovers an independent island society off the coast of Panama
Journey to Extremes
Chris Haslam
| 30 Oct 2006
It's Monday morning in Panama and I’m kneedeep in the Boqueron river, trying to stay upright against the current. Trail guide Rich Cahill is retracing his steps up a nearly sheer slope of vicious acacias, poisonous hogweed and yellow, boot-sucking mud. Half an hour ago seven of us entered the jungle...
Panama - more than just a canal
David Nichols
| 1 Dec 2002
My first visit to Panama was by pure accident. During a day’s hiking in the sweltering foothills of Costa Rica’s Cordillera Talamanca, I managed to get myself lost. After being canoed across a wide river, negotiating a monotonous banana plantation and eventually emerging at an empty road, I asked directions of a farmer...