Archive for the ‘Central America’ Category

2010 Howler 2 Day – Mountain Bike Race in Nicaragua

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua – In and effort to raise $10,000, after months of planning, the 2nd Annual 2-Day Howler Mountain Bike Race presented by Bodhin Adventure Services is moving ahead for February 20 & 21st, 2010.

December 15, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Backpackers blaze a trail for mainstream tourism to Panama

The most adventurous souls are drawn to the wild and unspoiled lush wilderness of Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui, and destinations such as Coiba National Marine Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriqui have coaxed trailblazing nature-lovers and water-sport enthusiasts to the area for years, where they find “dozens of [...]

November 19, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Tourism in Panama is booming

In the short span of the past six years, Panama’s tourism arrivals have more than doubled, while tourism-based revenue has more than tripled, according to the Panama Tourism Authority. This growth, along with farsighted, tourism-friendly laws and tax incentives, has opened the floodgates for investment in the country.

August 7, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Panama: Center of Histroic Literature

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, considered a key figure of universal literature, wrote in the XVII Century, “There is no such bad book that does not include something good”.

July 2, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Nature’s Calling Turtles in Panama

Three species of turtles in extinction danger annually arrive at Panamanian coasts to fulfill the cycle of life. Every year they meet in Panamanian beaches. They arrive quiet with an objective and they do not leave until to have fulfilled its task of laying thousands of eggs that, between 45 and 60 days later will become [...]

June 3, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Between Fire ants and Jaguars in Panama City

A dense rainforest is the perfect environment for endless species of animals and plants in a protected reserve located a few miles from Panama City: Barro Colorado Island, that along to five adjoining peninsulas, forms the Barro Colorado Natural Monument.

June 2, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Mitchel Bleier – Yoga Guru Comes to Morgan’s Rock in Nicaragua

OCOTAL BEACH, NICARAGUA – Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge in Nicaragua, one of Latin America’s most recognized and respected eco-tourism operations, will host Mitchel Bleier, one of Fairfield County’s most established and well-regarded Yoga Instructors, from July 5 to 11, 2009.

May 19, 2009   Posted in: Central America

A fight against poverty and vandalism in Panamá

The program called “Tourist Assistants”, is an idea the Minister of Tourism of Panama, Rubén Blades had at the end of the year 2004. He met with a group of younsters, all of them former gang members from popular areas of Panamá in the Washington Hotel in Colon City. In this meeting he explained his [...]

May 18, 2009   Posted in: Central America

Modest and Unforgettable – Paraguay in the Spotlight

Paraguay, still considered rather remote, is now luring tourists with a powerful variety of rare wildlife as well as the increasingly popular rural tourism – forget five star facilities and discover the ecofriendly paradise in the heart of South America.

May 12, 2009   Posted in: Central America, South America

Piedras y Olas Funds Foundation in Nicaragua

 

SAN JUAN del SUR, Nicaragua—How wonderful to know that a stay at Piedras y Olas, a one-of-a-kind luxury hotel, resort and residential community set in the unspoiled country of Nicaragua, will help so many local residents in need.

April 17, 2009   Posted in: Central America