Palm trees reach for the sky near Panama Bay at Panama City, Panama, during our Panama 2024 trip.
Yes, there are a lot of Panamas in that previous sentence. And no, Panama does not pay me for every time I say Panama. But if they are interested in doing so, I am open to negotiation. Have your people call my people.
One of the most popular Burnsland posts ever is Are There Palm Trees in Mexico?
Walking along a street in the Casco Viejo area of Panama City, Panama, during our 2024 Panama Trip.
At the end of our week in Panama, our group took a day to see some of the sights. After visiting the Panama Canal and Panama Viejo, we went to the area known as Casco Viejo.
While Panama Viejo was the first Panama City, Casco Viejo was the second. Its name means “Old Town”, by the way.
A beautiful red hibiscus flower hangs from overhead near Panama City, Panama.
For whatever reason, it had not crossed my mind that there would be hibiscus flowers in Panama. I had expected to see them on our Hawaiʻi trip, but not during our Panama trip. So I was pleasantly surprised to see these flowers there. Admittedly, before our trip I did not look up what kinds of flowers grow in Panama.
The ornate altarpiece of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Panama City, Panama, which we visited during our 2024 Panama trip.
Although this is not the type of church we attend, we stopped in to have a look around, and it was beautiful to see. The full name of the building is the Metropolitan Archcathedral Basilica of Santa María la Antigua, or Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua de Panamá in Spanish.
A mountain and the skyline of Panama City, Panama, rise in the distance behind the waters of Panama Bay off the Pacific Ocean, as seen during our 2024 Panama trip.
In between our visit to the Panama Canal and Panama Viejo, we stopped at a place along a causeway with a great view of Panama City1. It was fascinating to be able to see the city across the bay, along with all of the boats in the bay, only a few of which are visible here.
Thanksgiving week has arrived in the United States. The Thanksgiving holiday is this Thursday, and people all over will (hopefully) pause to think about all that they are thankful for. But that is something that we should all do all of the time, not just one day a year, because we have much to be thankful for.
The other day, Laura and I were talking about all of the things we are thankful for just from this year of 2024, and our list quickly got to be pretty long.
Our Panama 2024 trip was more of a working trip than a sightseeing trip, but we still got to see a few of the sites while we were there, and it was interesting to learn some of the history of Panama.
One of the places we visited was Panamá Viejo, or Old Panama. Panamá Viejo was the original Panama City, although it was destroyed in 1671 during a raid by Henry Morgan1.
As we climbed up a mountain in Panama, we had an incredible view. A photo actually does not capture it well, believe it or not.
On this particular day in our Panama 2024 trip, we went to visit some of the church members in their homes. One of the homes was way up a mountain. Perhaps the title of the post is a little misleading, in case you thought we went mountain climbing, but maybe not quite so much…
In the previous post of a beach in Panama, I mentioned that getting to the beach was an interesting story in itself. And so as not to keep you waiting any longer, here is that story.
We had arrived by van, and we parked at the edge of the fishing village. But that was as far as we could go by car. So we started walking.
First, we crossed a suspension bridge over a canal1.
A group of palm trees on a beach in Panama, as seen during our October 2024 Panama trip.
If you know me, you know I like palm trees. And beaches, too. So it was fun to see these palm trees while we were in Panama. However, we did not go out to the beach for a lazy afternoon of sitting in the sun. This was a working trip and not a recreation trip, after all.
