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Some useful links for travellers, tourists, expats and other foreigners visiting The Republic of Panama and Panama City or on Holiday or Vacation

expatsinpanama.com EXPATS IN PANAMA The hub of news and events for expats in Panama and Panama City
thepanamaconnection.com/
THE PANAMACONNECTION Personal Guide service in Panama and Panama City for less than the price of hiring a car; great fishing, and snorkeling trips
panoramicpanama.com/

PANORAMIC PANAMA

Great Personalised Tours
thepanamanews.com/ THE PANAMANEWS The best independent news source in Panama and Panama City, thepanamanews.com online English language newspaper
exedrabooks.com/
Panama's largest English/Spanish Language bookshops is a short walk away from Spanish Panama
www.hostelspanama.com Anita's Inn, Panama City ..Hostel
with special Expat-Section
www.momentum-panama.com/
fully-equipped cabins and B&B in the Boquete (Northern Mountains)
cerritotropicalpanama.com Cerrito Tropical Vacation Apartments - Perched on a tranquil hillside with a view of the sea, backed by natural rainforest canopy and mango trees, on Taboga Island, less than 1 hour from the city of Panama.
panamainfo.com The Information source for Panama
chagres.com/ Great Panama photo site
Panama Canal WebCam ships using the canal live
Focus Publications Publishers of the Online Focus Guide and the Visitor - Panama tourist newspaper every 2 weeks
Guides  
Lets's Go The worlds leading student travel guides include Central America
Lonely Planet The worlds leading travel guides include Panama and Central America
The Rough Guide An alternative to Lonely Planet  include Central America
IPAT, Visit Panama Government Tourism agency and online guide
www.stri.org/  
STRI
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Tropical Island reserve and marine museum - nature seminars and information ,  
La Prensa Panama's leading broadsheet newspaper online

Other stuff
Spanish Panamanian words la prensa
Spanish Amigos Spanish language resources and links.

Events

1. http://www.enbuscade.net/, month view,
2. Exedrabooks events,
3. see Panamanews calendar also
4. http://www.americentral.net/boletines/eventos/panama/
5. http://www.dealante.com/calendario/calendario.php?&tabid=4
6. http://www.pa/turismo/index.html
7. Check the university cinema $2 art films 4,6 and 8pm and
8 http://www.enredartepanama.org/
9. http://mx.groups.yahoo. com/group/infoarte Arts events in Panama

Regular Events

Mon international living see web 5pm City of knowledge $15 for non subscribers.
Tues 12pm free science lecture at Tupper building, near 5 Mayo just inside the Zone.

Motor cycle club in Fort Clayton

Wed wine tasting ?


Panama Historical Society. They meet upstairs in Nikkos Cafe, Balboa on the first Wednesday of every month.
most cinemas half price

Thu 8:00 p.m. Café de Asís - literature cafe, Plaza Bolívar (Casco Viejo) poets and singers open mic
Fri Tree planting with Amigoes del Tierra in Soberama NP meet 8.00 am office
Sat
SunBOAPanama - Mountain biking every Sunday

Jobs
http://www.mastrabajo.com/ real jobs but low paid
some jobs http://www.estuempleo.com/candidatos.asp
some jobs http://www.computrabajo.com.pa/bt-ofertas.htm
doesn't work http://www.coralys.com/buscotrabajo/
classified http://www.prensa.com/
more http://www.elsiglo.com/ediciones/clasificados/empleos.htm
some http://www.latinol.com/clasificados/viewads.asp?</a>catID=17
http://www.panamajobs.com/ not v good

GROUPS
I didn´t find any newsgroups except rec.travel.latinamerica (look in google)
americans_in_panama/
viviendo_en_panama
viviendo_en_panama/files/FAQ/
public http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/panamacanalzone private
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zonelink Panama Canal Zone people
The_Panama_Connection news stuff
ambientalistaspanama mostly about dogs

See also the lonely planet thorntree pages, (their search doesn´t work well so do a a google search on - thorntree panama "your subject" )

Ecology
http://www.aftaorg.cjb.net/ Amigos del Tierra ... flash page doesn´t work tries to install software
Tel/fax: 261-1123 Dirección: Urbanización Miraflores calle principal # 132 E-mail: afta_ong@hotmail.com
They go tree planting in the national park every Friday some Saturdays also
http://www.eco-index.org/ comprehensive project list
http://www.panamaverde.org/also has problems with webpage might have projects

Books and Libraries

Secondhand books in English : in Gamboa, Mrs Elizabeth Lee house 155 sells for charity
Excedra Books from 50c, Argossy more expensive
National Library Parque Omar good collection
ACP Technical resources Dept, Balboa- best reference library and free novel exchange (more than 1000 paperbacks)

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