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Panama Canal Museum

Located about two blocks from the Casco Antiguo Spanish School is the Panama Canal Museum; dedicated to educating the public about the Panama Canal.

The Panama Canal has a rich and vibrant history and the museum here in Casco Viejo provides some incite into it’s history.

With rotating exhibits the Canal Museum always had something new to offer guests. For […]

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Statistics about Learning Spanish

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Sail Boats to Columbia

The Pan American Highway ends abruptly in the Dairen leaving travelers with only two viable options to reach Columbia: sailboat or airplane.

One way flights to Columbia are between $300 and $500 USD for a 1 hour flight. Or you can spend 5 days sailing through the crystal clear Caribbean waters, visiting the San Blas Island, […]

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San Blas Islands

The San Blas Islands are a tropical paradise reminiscent of a screen saver. An archipelago comprised of about 378 islands lying just off the northern coast of Panama. 49 of the islands are inhabited by the Kuna Indians and are part of the comarca Kuna Yala.

San Blas is accessible by 4 x 4 Jeep, air plane, helicopter and boat. If you’re […]

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Ferry From Columbia to Panama

The new ferry from Colon, Panama to Cartagena, Columbia began transporting passengers early this month. The much anisipated ferry can carry thousands of passengers as well as a few hundred cars and shipping containers.

The ferry offers an economic way to quickly travel between Colon and Cartagena. Round trip tickets are only $99 dollars per person, saving the average […]

By |May 31st, 2012|Activities in Panama|2 Comments

Molas

Molas are part of traditional costumes worn by Kuna women, four mola panels are formed into the front and back panels of a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to […]

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Mini Group Classes

Learning Spanish with a friend in one of our Mini-Group Classes is a great way to interactively learn Spanish. Our Mini-Group Classes provide you with personal attention and a fun, communicative learning environment. Our communicative approach to learning Spanish allow you to quickly learn how to speak Spanish.

And who better to communicate and develop skills with than a […]

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Extreme Sports Panama

Panama is a thrill seekers dream: kite surfing, surfing, white water rafting, sky diving. Panama has it all, the diverse climate and terrain makes it possible to kite surf in the morning and mountain bike in the afternoon.

Nitro City Panama is an adrenaline junkies dream, an entire resort dedicated to “action sports.”  Zipline tours are every […]

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Best Place to Learn Spanish in Central America

Where IS the best place to learn Spanish in Central America? We might be a bit biased here at the Casco Antiguo Spanish School but we think it’s Panama. Panama has it all: mountains, volcanoes, white sandy beaches, modern conveniences, sleepy beach towns, surfing, hiking, islands and jungle.

Panama is a small country making it easy […]

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