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Photographer: Jeff Where? The world-famous Smithsonian Institution has only one facility outside the US and it’s their Tropical Research Center in Panama. They have activities and centers in several locations, but they have an especially nice arboretum on the Amador Causeway on the bay outside of Panama City. Here you see a photo of an excellent example of one of Panama’s most common trees, the Corotú. As you can see, they get big!
Photographer: Allan Hawkins Where? Each year, we hold a music and dance festival in Casco Viejo, the old section of Panama City which is being restored to its original beauty. Clearly, that beauty includes the dancers as well!
Photographer: Jeff Where? Every Latin American nation has its Presidential Palace and Panama is no different, but ours has a special name and some special residents shown above. We call it El Palacio de las Garzas (The Palace of the Herons) and that is literally true. The herons are allowed to roam the grounds freely and folks like us are allowed to visit them and take photos like the one above.
Photographer: Jeff Where? Panama City, like so many cities in Latin America, has many beautiful churches. A few are well-known to tourists, others not so well-known. This is one of the latter, the Santuario Nacional del Corazón de María (National Shrine of the Heart of Mary) on the edge of the city’s financial district, but off the major streets, unseen by many. The office building rising in the distance may be more modern, but it will never be as beautiful.
Photographer: Bob Where: Most northerners think of palm trees when they think of Panama, but that is far from the whole story. And our trees can be as impressive as any “spreading oak” in North America, as is clearly demonstrated here at this home in Punta Barco Village near the Pacific coast of Coclé province in central Panama.
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