Last Saturday afternoon, while I was drinking a fresh glass of delicious Chagres water (Chicha del Chagres), I glanced out the kitchen window and saw a gargantuan-sized piece of cloth hanging in the sky. I said to myself, “What in the world is that?”. I used other words, but I can’t replicate them here. Anyway, [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Marketing From the Sky
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Advertisements, Banks, Helicopters, Marketing, Panama, Photograph, Sky on March 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Impressionist Wall
Posted in Photography, tagged Illusion, Impressionism, Light, Photography, Walls on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pigeons de Castilla
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Birds, Panama, Photographs, Pigeons de Castilla, Tourism on March 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
While taking pictures of a gorgeous pink tree at the entrance of Residencial El Bosque where I live in Panama City, Panama; a flock of pigeons descended next to me. They thought I was there to spread crumbs of bread. I know that an old lady comes every afternoon to bring them food. Since they [...]
Pink is Beautiful
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Beauty, Colors, Flowers, Foliage, Panama, Photography, Pink, Tourism, Trees on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As you probably know if you have been reading my blog, the name Panama has three accepted official origins. The first one, is that Panama is the indian name of a tree in this narrow strip of land in Middle America. The second version, is that Panama is the Indian word for “gathering or abundance [...]
A Touch of Pink in Panama City
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Flowers, Foliage, Guayacanes, Johnny Appleseed, Jorge Fujimori, Panama, Tourism, Trees, Vegetation on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There was a man in love with trees in Panama City. Unfortunately he passed away several years ago. He was remembered as a man with a large hat collecting Guayacán tree seeds. During the weekends he would roam the city collecting the seeds. Then he would plant these seeds and decorate the city with this [...]
Gas Prices Are Going Through the Roof in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Budgets, Economy, Fuels, Gasolie, Libya, Panama, Personal Finance, Price Hikes on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crude prices continue to increase over fears of prolonged fighting in Libya, plus the U.S. gas inventories are down sharply. Thus we are feeling the pinch at the gas station in Panama. These days, prices for gasoline and diesel are going through the roof and we haven’t hit rock bottom yet. Below are fuel prices [...]
“Make The Dirt Fly”
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Construction, Culebra Cut, History, Panama, Panama Canal, PBS Videos, Public Works, Rocks, Theodore Roosevelt on March 25, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The total soil excavated from the Panama Canal would build a pyramid 4,200 feet high. The project consumed as much as twelve million pounds of dynamite per year. At the hight of the project, 9,000 workers were busy excavating Culebra Cut. On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world’s two largest oceans [...]
Sailboat With a Touch of Sepia
Posted in Photography, tagged Amador Marina, Panama, Panama Canal Photograph, Sailboats, Sepia Color, Tourism on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sleek Yacht in Placid Waters
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Amador Marina, Boats, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama City, Skyline, Tourism, Yachts on March 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
