· February, 2006

Stories about Panama from February, 2006

Panama: Impressions

16 February 2006

Roy Jones has a a recent series of posts offering his impressions of Panama.

Costa Rica vibrates with the Central American Music Festival

  14 February 2006

Feet are fiddling and fingers are drumming as many Costa Ricans wait for the PapayaFest, Papaya Music's tribute to San José as the 2006 Latin American Culture Capital, to begin on February 16th. Papaya Music is a Central American effort to unite musicians, researchers and producers who wish to bring traditional and popular composers into greater visibility and younger generation's attention.

Panama: A Blogger's First English Post

3 February 2006

Panamanian blogger, Anna Luisa writes, what I believe is, her first post in English and concludes, “Today was OK. Today was cool. Today was in English.”

Panama: Monolingual American Expats

2 February 2006

Leon Kadoch is frustrated by Americans who live and work in Panama without taking the time to learn the language and culture. Kadock opines that this is a specifically American phenomenon and that French, Dutch, German, and British visitors have “a completely different behavior, they're really working hard on learning...

Panama: Tameles Recipe

2 February 2006

Melissa identifies the secret ingredient which distinguishes the Panamanian tamal from its northern neighbors. As always, her post will leave you both more informed and hungry.