tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302563472011-09-06T05:14:09.180-07:00A travel weblog of my stay in Panama during my IAESTE internship at Universidad Technologica de Panama.Martin Loitzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04478376720207389001noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30256347.post-1157049561335276452006-08-31T11:25:00.000-07:002007-03-06T19:49:23.796-08:00

So... that was it. I am sitting in the airport terminal in Atlanta waiting for my flight back to Munich... 2.5 hours left...Saying goodbye yesterday was very emotional. Got some presents like a poster print of a group photo where everyone wrote some nice words for me on the back, a certificate, a typical panamanian bag and more. I had a very good time there, so it was quite hard to leave. Eddy

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This weekend I had my last *snief* trip in Panamá. I went with the bus in the beautiful valley called El Valle de Anton. The valley is an extinct volcano which broke out last millions of years ago with such a force, that it blew off the top. What remained was a crater with a diameter of approximately 5 km which contains now a small village. They have lots of sights there, thermal springs, a

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I spent an amazing weekend in the mountain region Chiriqui in Panamá. The city of Boquete which I visited lies at 1060m. The climate is much cooler than in Panamá City, it has about 25°C all the time. The main product there is coffee, milk and flowers. The people there say that Boquete is the city of eternal spring. Since it is 600km away from Panamá City I decided to travel by plane which is

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After having a little good bye party for Eduard, who leaves us on Friday, we finally made it to get up and hit the road to Panama la Vieja, which was the first settlement on the pacific side of Panama. It was founded in 1519 and developed well until it was destroyed by the welsh privateer Henry Morgan in 1671. The city was rebuild 5 miles south west of the original place, which is now called

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On Saturday last weekend my work mates took me to the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal. Let me give a short introduction first: Panama City lies on the shortest path (77 km) across the isthmus of panama. The canal consists of 2 artificial lakes which are higher than sea level. Due to that a lock system is needed which lifts the ships up to that higher lake level at the entrance and lowers

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In Santiago, a city of 200.000 people 240km from Panamá City, was a big party this weekend. We went there on Friday after work. It took 4,5 hours to get there... the panamericana (panamerican highway) is not as highways are elseweher on the world ;-) Finally we arrived and spent a couple of nice hours hanging around drinking beer with friends.On the next morning after a short breakfast we drove

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On sunday morning (honestly it was 12am ;-) we took the Diablo Rojo to Downtown Panama to visit Casco Viejo which is the second oldest part of Panama (after Panama Viejo). Casco Viejo is a nice place with lots of old buildings and the Canal Museum. It is surrounded with the not so nice parts of Panama City ("no-go" areas) and is thus heavily patrolled by a special Tourist Police (very friendly

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This was the first weekend I've spent in Panama City. On Saturday we visited the Parque Nacional Metropolitano with a group of school teachers who where taught of how to visit the national park with their pupils. Obviously the park guide spoke spanish, so no information for me :-)But I made a lot of pictures. The park is very nice and can be reached within only a few minutes from downtown

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Made a little walk through Panama City yesterday after work. Actually I wanted to buy some food, but I took a taxi to Multiplaza Mall. It took about half an hour because the streets where crowded during rush hour. It was an interesting ride anyways. Multiplaza Mall is really huge and modern, with cinema, food court, and, of course, they have an Apple Store. Saw the new black MacBook the first

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Eduard and me spent the last weekend in Bocas del Toro town on Isla Colón. We hit the road at 5 am to go get our plane from Albrook Airport. Bocas town is about 600 km away from Panama City which is an hour flight for 140$ (round trip). We arrived 8 am and it was raining heavily. We changed our cloth and went out to look for a boat trip. We found one for 15$. At 10 o'clock we started. Ed was

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On Saturday (8th of July 2006) Ed and I hit the road towards Colon to visit La Isla Grande, a small island on the pacific side of Panama. It took us 4 hours to go there by bus. We had a quite new bus with air condition from Panama City towards Colon. But we had to change 20km before Colon to a Diablo Rojo (Red Devil) which has now air condition and was quit full. After a long time we arrived in

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Since I am too lazy to take my own photos, I asked Ed to give me his.I've published them at my Gallery.Greetings, Martin

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Yesterday I went out to the electronic store to buy a Bluetooth headset for my laptop, because my girlfriend (mis novia :-), as I've learned today) does not hear me on Skype. Shopping is funny here. When you enter the store you have to leave all bags at the front desk. When you buy something, you have to leave your full address, phone number, credit card number (obviously), and sometimes to show

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Hi Readers!As I promised l start my weblog today to keep you all informed.I arrived at saturday 9p.m. after a 24 hours trip. I only wrote a few e-mails with Juana who is the coordinator of IAESTE Panama a few weeks ago, no address, no phone number. Actually I was not sure if someone will pick me up on the airport. Fortunately, Karla and another girl from Panama City University brought me to my

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Hi!This Weblog will act as a kind of travelling diary during my Internship at Pannet in Panama City. Pannet is a division of Universidad Technologica de Panama (www.UTP.ac.pa). They are hosting the .pa Domain, and take care of the network of the whole UTP.

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