El Valle (A side note – We were in El Valle from Dec. 16-23. We returned home on Christmas Day, and it took a while to get sorted, Christmas stuff done, et.) A $40 cab ride from Nueva Gorgona brought us into the mountain town of El Valle. If you …
Nueva Gorgona/ Coronado Its only $5 per person to take the bus from Panama City to Coronado (and then a $5-7 cab ride to the hotel) – or a $55 taxi. We chose the more convenient and less environmentally friendly transport. Nueva Gorgona was resettled from Gorgona, a town that …
Panama City Panama City sits on the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, the engineering feat that allows for modern commerce. But long before the canal, it was the coordinating point for Spain’s forays into South America, bringing back gold silver and precious gems plundered from the Incas and shipped …