Panama 9°80° Hotel Review The Riverside Inn Boquete

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We pull into the circle driveway of the Riverside Inn, a perfectly pastoral  cottage with blue shutters surrounded by a beautifully tended garden of mountain flowers. The cool evening is already settling in, and from the inn’s valley vantage point, we take in the stunning mountainscape of Panama’s Chiriqui highlands. Stretching our legs, we wander… Read More

Panama 9°80 HOTEL REVIEW La Casa del Risco

La Casa del Risco Boquete Panama

Described by one British transplant as “a place of mist and rainbows,” the lush mountain region around Boquete in the Chiriqui Province is without a doubt a must-see for any serious traveler and a refreshing escape from the heat of the lowlands. It has even been said that the air itself smells like honey. Coffee,… Read More

Sitio Barriles mysteries

Sitio Barriles

The time was 2,400 years ago. A rough craft approaches the southern Pacific coast of Panama, close to modern day Puerto Armuelles. Dehydrated and hungry after several weeks at sea, the crew gazes ahead in the fading light of day and sees a distant volcano, smoke and fire spuming from its summit. The boat reaches… Read More

LOS QUETZALES TRAIL…the crown jewel of Panama

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The people living on and around the Volcano Baru in northern Panama are blessed with a rare privilege:  they have access to  paradise…a paradise where the ongoing destruction of the rain forest  has been halted. Due to a geological separation between North and South America fifty million years ago a unique evolutionary landscape was created. … Read More

Destination – The Highlands of Panama

The Baru Volcano surrounded by coffee plantations on its Eastern slopes in Boquete

By Miriam Butterman “On every mountain height is rest.” – Goethe In Panama, mountain escapes may look like the rougher end of weekend travel, but Panama’s highlands are a welcome change from blazing tropical temperatures and busy beach Sundays. Mountain air is calming. After the average temperatures of 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity, cold… Read More

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