The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » panama http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Pan-American Transmissions Part 4: Panama City Booming http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/03/15/pan-american-transmissions-part-4-panama-city-booming/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/03/15/pan-american-transmissions-part-4-panama-city-booming/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:52:30 +0000 Diego Cupolo http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=16018 Pan-American Transmissions Part 4: Panama “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. Ania and I decided [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/03/15/pan-american-transmissions-part-4-panama-city-booming/feed/ 2 The San Blas Islands: Where Leo Would Have Gone If The Beach Took Place In The Caribbean http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/22/the-san-blas-islands-where-leo-would-have-gone-if-the-beach-took-place-in-the-caribbean/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/22/the-san-blas-islands-where-leo-would-have-gone-if-the-beach-took-place-in-the-caribbean/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:46:54 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15844 Has it always been this hard to find an island that hasn’t been overdeveloped? If isolation is your thing, look no further than Panama. The San Blas Archipelago off the country’s Caribbean coast is a handful of islands (378 to be exact) where travelers can expect to find some of the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/02/22/the-san-blas-islands-where-leo-would-have-gone-if-the-beach-took-place-in-the-caribbean/feed/ 0 Time Lapse Video Of Traveling Through The Panama Canal [Video] http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/25/time-lapse-video-of-traveling-through-the-panama-canal-video/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/25/time-lapse-video-of-traveling-through-the-panama-canal-video/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:54:44 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=15551 On one recent trip through the Panama Canal, an intrepid cruisegoer (an oxymoron, right?) perched out on top of his ship for the 10-hour trip through the 51 miles it takes to travel from one ocean to the other. If you’re wondering why it takes so long, keep in mind [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/25/time-lapse-video-of-traveling-through-the-panama-canal-video/feed/ 1 2010 New York Times Travesl Show Blog (Day 2: Special Frommer Watch Edition) http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/28/2010-new-york-times-travesl-show-blog-day-2-special-frommer-watch-edition/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/28/2010-new-york-times-travesl-show-blog-day-2-special-frommer-watch-edition/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:27:39 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=5822 Day two of the Travel Show kicked off Saturday morning with none other than the emperor of excursion, the maharajah of movement, the tycoon of travel himself, Arthur Frommer, and his spawn of sightseeing, Pauline Frommer, who presented their top budget destinations for 2010. Arthur’s number one destination this year [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/28/2010-new-york-times-travesl-show-blog-day-2-special-frommer-watch-edition/feed/ 2 The Boca You Should Be Visiting This Winter http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/24/the-boca-you-should-be-visiting-this-winter/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/24/the-boca-you-should-be-visiting-this-winter/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:18:45 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=5772 Something you hear alot of this time of year (especially in New York) is: “I’m heading down to Boca for the weekend.” Chances are they’re probably not referring to Bocas del Toro, the Panamanian archipelago located in the Caribbean near the Costa Rica border. Besides having a rich history (literally [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/24/the-boca-you-should-be-visiting-this-winter/feed/ 1 Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Countries For 2010: And The Winner Is . . . http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/06/lonely-planets-top-10-countries-for-2010-and-the-winner-is/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/11/06/lonely-planets-top-10-countries-for-2010-and-the-winner-is/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:37:33 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=4234 Lonely Planet’s doling out accolades to these ten countries as being very topping, with El Salvador being the toppingist of them all. Okay, they don’t really elaborate as to what this list mean, other than being the “hottest countries for next year,” but I assume they mean destinations that are, [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/05/28/panamas-caribbean-paradise-that-youve-never-heard-of/feed/ 0 Blogging Panama, Loving Panama http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/04/01/blogging-panama-loving-panama/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/04/01/blogging-panama-loving-panama/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:28:25 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=1754 Brendan over at Jaunted has posted his first blog entry from his journey through Panama, beginning with his stay in Kuna Yala Islands, the 400-island archipelago off of Panama’s southern tip. Brendan wistfully describes the islands as an “obvious stop for a beach bum, drop-out-of-life vacation,” which is kind of [...]

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