Panama City, and maybe the Panama Canal
Sunday, May 6th, 2007If you haven’t been to Panama yet, you really should put it on your list of places to visit soon. A construction boom rivaling Miami’s is evident throughout the city, and has moved out to areas on the Pacific coastline as well. What’s more, Panama City ‘s cosmopolitan atmosphere – complete with excellent restaurants and sophisticated boutiques – hasn’t come about at the price of authenticity, as in Cancun and other Mexican resort areas.
Now there are those who will tell you you must see the canal. We are not one of them. We have admittedly been to Panama and had an excellent time and the closest we came to the canal was viewing it in the twilight as we sped along the Amador Causeway. But if you feel you must see the Canal – and drag your children along to ooh and aah at it with you – then there’s a book you might want to drop on your 9 to 12 year old before arriving, aptly named The Panama Canal by Rachel Lynette. It does have a textbook feel to it, but will give your youngster – and perhaps you – the lowdown on how that task of gargantuan proportions actually got completed. (more…)