World's Best Places to Visit

(This post contains affiliate links, for more information read this  privacy policy ) Planning a trip to Panama? I spent around two and a half weeks in Panama and I absolutely fell in love with this little Central American country. However, when I was planning my trip I didn’t really know much about it. So if you would like to get a rough idea on what to expect, here are 15 things you should know before traveling to Panama. Contents 1 Panama connects South and Central America 2 Panama shares borders with two countries: Costa Rica & Colombia 3 You might need to get yellow fever vaccinations 4 Panama is a small country but it has a lot of diversity to offer 5 You can do a lot of different sporting activities, such as scuba diving, surfing, hiking etc. 6 The currency used in Panama is the US Dollar 7 Compared to South America, Panama might be a little more prices 8 Panama produces some of the most expensive coffee 9 Panama has a good local transportat...

Darien Gap Police Checkpoint “Vamos!” snaps the heavily armed man dressed in military fatigues. We reluctantly follow him and his AK-47 off our disco school bus and stumble into the morning light. The Pan-American Highway is a 29,800 mile network of roads that runs all the way from the state of Alaska down to the southern tip of Argentina in South America. This almost continuous stretch of interconnected pavement has but one break – a short 60 mile section of remote rainforest between Panama & Colombia with a dangerous reputation. Traveling into the Darién Gap The journey started around 3 am back in Panama City when I boarded a colorful Diablo Rojo public bus along with 2 other gringos: 25 year old Gabriel from Brazil and 49 year old Susan from the United States. We met each other for the first time at a yachtie bar the night before, with the common goal of exploring one of the least-visited spots in the Americas. Thick tropical jungle eventually swal...