If you are interested in ethnic culture, Panama is a wonderful place to visit. There are several indigenous ethnic groups living in the country with very deep traditions going back thousands of years. One of them are the Kuna natives of the Kuna Yala Islands. Kuna is the name of an indigenous community of Panama [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The Natives of Kuna Yala and Their Multi-Colored Art
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Art, Clothings, Culture, Ethnic Groups, Kuna Indians, Kuna Yala, Molas, Panama on February 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A Sunday Visit to Casco Viejo of Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Cathedrals, El Casco Viejo, History, Panama Viejo on February 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In an effort to continue my education on photography, last Sunday I made another photographic pilgrimage to another area of Panama City. This time I decided to visit one of the most captivating areas of the city, which is el Casco Viejo (Old Quarter). In 1671 the Welsh pirate Henry Morgan, with the help of [...]
The Retail Industry in Dire Straits
Posted in News, tagged Budgets, Economy, Finance, Recession, Retail Business on February 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
According to retail consultant Howard Davidowitz of Davidowitz & Associates, approximately 220,000 stores may close this year in the United States. As more Americans save and spend less, it’s clear there’s too much retail space. Just visit Web site deadmalls.com and track retail’s growing body count. Any luxury retailers? They’re on “life support,” Davidowitz says. [...]
Photograph: Peeping Cow
Posted in Photography, tagged Animals, Countryside, Cow, Farms, Rural Life on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joke: A Witty-Minded Boy
Posted in Jokes, tagged Customers, Humor, Sales, Trouble, Witty Kid on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a shop a man asked for 1/2 pound of butter. The salesperson, a young boy, said that only 1 pound packages were available in the shop, but the man insisted on buying only 1/2 pound. So the boy went inside to the manager’s room and said “An idiot outside wants to buy only 1/2 [...]
Its Muscle Hotel Attraction Glory Faded, Hotel El Panama Shrivels Up
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Bananas, Buildings, Changuinola, Construction, Hotels, Panama, United Fruit Co. on February 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I was raised in a banana plantation in a place called Changuinola in the Panama province of Bocas del Toro. The company that exploited the banana activity in Changuinola was the former United Fruit Company based in Boston, Massachusetts. This company was famous worldwide for marketing the Chiquita banana, flavored by most American homes during [...]
Photograph: Innocence
Posted in Photography, tagged Children, Innocence, Pictures, Purity on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Life Before the Computer
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Computers, Hardware, Humor, Internet, Technology, Television on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Joke: The Stressed Tailgating Woman
Posted in Jokes, tagged Driving, Law Enforcement, Police Officer, Stress, Tailgating, Traffic on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her [...]
The Beauty of a Gothic Church in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Art, Buildings, Churches, Gothic Style, Panama on February 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Panama is predominantly a Roman Catholic country. It is estimated that 75 to 85 percentof the population identifies itself as Roman Catholic and 15 to 25 percent as evangelical Christian. The Roman Catholic religion came from Spain, which was the superpower of the XVIth century which colonized the country and the rest of Central and [...]
