6wt Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 My wife and her friends have been planning a trip back to Panama where they grew up in the mid sixties to the mid seventies in the Canal Zone Heading tour hotel just outside Panama City in Castco Viejo 2 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 I originally wasn’t going, since it was an all girls trip, and my wife’s friend was going to bring her mom’s ashes to rest with her dad that was buried here in ‘64. the views from our hotel in Castco Viejo 2 2 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Some of the things Panama is known for…ceviche with cerveza, and excellent coffee 2 2 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 The other things Panama is known for…mola’s and Panama hats. Mola’s are made by the Guna (pronounced Cuna or Kuna), indigenous people now inhabiting the coastal Caribbean coastline in the San Blas and the over 300 islands nearby Panama hats are interestingly all made in Ecuador… 3 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 The first lock on the Pacific Ocean side of the Panama Canal at Mira Flores 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 The “mules” that hold the ships centered in the lock during transit…in the old days, they actually were mules 1 2 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Seriously short runway landing on the Caribbean side of Panama to cruise the San Blas islands Link to comment
6wt Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Our water taxi to our home on the catamaran the next few days 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Heading to a small island where they bake fresh coconut bread the flag that looks like a swastika is the one adopted by the Guna people to symbolize the revolt in 1925 over Panamanian cultural suppression 1 1 Link to comment
SUFA5160 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 5 minutes ago, 6wt said: Heading to a small island where they bake fresh coconut bread the flag that looks like a swastika is the one adopted by the Guna people to symbolize the revolt in 1925 over Panamanian cultural suppression I really dig the Micheline star !!!! 1 1 Link to comment
Jdofmemi Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 12 hours ago, 6wt said: Seriously short runway landing on the Caribbean side of Panama to cruise the San Blas islands Short is only part of its allure Like a 4X4 road for airplanes 1 Link to comment
Jdofmemi Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 12 hours ago, 6wt said: Heading to a small island where they bake fresh coconut bread the flag that looks like a swastika is the one adopted by the Guna people to symbolize the revolt in 1925 over Panamanian cultural suppression I bet they weren't too happy that the symbol of their flag got used as it did later! Link to comment
6wt Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 11 hours ago, Jdofmemi said: I bet they weren't too happy that the symbol of their flag got used as it did later! The origin of the swastika is from India…in Sanskrit it means “good fortune” the Hindu sign has the base arm lying flat, while the nazi’s turned the symbol 45 degrees Link to comment
6wt Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 After leaving the San Blas, we went to Bocas del Toro, north near the Costa Rican border on the Caribbean Link to comment
6wt Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 While not really a fishing destination (this place had no fishing program; I talked the shuttle boat captain to take me out a couple days), I managed to hook some snook, bonito, Spanish mackerel, jacks and a few unusual fish, like a needlefish 1 Link to comment
Jdofmemi Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 hours ago, 6wt said: The origin of the swastika is from India…in Sanskrit it means “good fortune” the Hindu sign has the base arm lying flat, while the nazi’s turned the symbol 45 degrees It got twisted for sure! In more ways than one. Thanks for the history of it, I didn't know that. Link to comment
6wt Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Last breakfast and snack before leaving Bocas…huevos over arroz con frijoles, local chorizo…and of course more ceviche… 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Heavy rain as we made our way to the airport to head back to Panama City for the night… 1 Link to comment
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