Panama Trip

Panama Trip
An Internet Hotlist on Panama Trip

created by Mr. B Beedle
J.C. McKenna Middle school

Introduction
Begin your trip to Panama through the internet. These sites will help aquaint you with what you will encounter. Explore. Have fun!

The Internet Resources

ANCON Expeditions - This is our tour group. They are very good.
Save The Rainforest - This is the group that made the trip possible.
World Heritage Travel Pledge - Join the thousands of others that have pledged to protect the World Heritage sites. (We will visit some.) You will get a downloadable travel tips card, pledge certificate and screenavers.

General Panama information

All Panama Guide - Huge site with everything could could image about Panama
All-Reference country study of Panama - A whole book on the web
Bridge of the Americas -
Climate of Panama -
Complete History of Panama - Broken down into easy to manage time period chunks.
Dino's Panama Photo Album - Has over 2100 pictures of Panama
Ecosystems of Panama - Nice description and lots of pictures of the major habitat areas of Panama
English Language Sites about Latin America -
Focus on Panama - A little virtual trip.
Links to Maps of Panama - Dozens of Links to various maps of Panama. (http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/Maps_Of_Panama.html)
Lonely Planet's Panama - Very good and reliable info.
Old Panama City - Read about one of the oldest settlements in our hemisphere. We visit here too.
Panama Audubon - Check out video on left side about birds of Panama.
Panama City - General Tourist info
Panama Guide - Thousands of newspaper articles about Panama in English.
Panama Travel - Basic informationa about Panama.
Panama on the web - Another whole book about Panama
Panama: More than a canal - Nice background info on Panama and its people
Pirates of Panama - Here are the biographies of the major pirates that harassed Panama
The Panama News - A newspaper about Panama in English. A good ecotourist knows something about the current events.
The Panama Report - Lots of variety to search.
The People of Panama -
Virtual Tourism of Panama - This site features many different aspects of Panama.
What to do in Panama - List of many activites, sites, and points of interest including indians.

Chagres and Rainforest

Beedle's rainforest Hotlist - Many great sited dedicated to rainforests. Check them out to see what you are getting into.
Chagres National Park - Our first stop in the rainforest.
Good map of Canal Zone Places we go and see -
Mammals of Soberania Park - This is where the Chagres lodge is.
More trees of the Canal Zone -
Panama Canal Zone tree Atlas -
Pictures of the Rio Chagres Area. -
Rainforest Discovery Center - We may visit this palce with the awesome tower over the canopy.
Rio Chargres - Description of the river in relation to Panama.
Snakes of Panama - Talks about snake bites and the posionous species there.
Soberania National Park - Major park in the Canal Zone. Right next to our lodge.
The Smithsonian in Panama - The Smithsonian has spent nearly 90 years studying the rainforest of Panama. Find out their info on biodiversity, Panama as a land bridge, human impact on the land, plus more.

Bocas del Toro

Bastiementes National Park - Our underwater coral park.
Bocas - Tourist info on Bocas
Bocas Article with a map - Good article with a nice map.
Bocas Breeze - A newspaper about the goings on in Bocas del Toro. Many environmental stories.
Bocas Dart Frogs - Article and Pictures of the little poison arrow dart frogs we will see on Bastiementes.
Bocas del Toro - Our island home.
Bocas del Toro Homepage -
Ecology and Migrations of Marine Turtles in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama -
Satellite Sea Turtle tracking - See maps that tracks the daily progress of several sea turtles.

Embera Indians

Choco Indians - We do not visit these but they are similar to Embera.
Embera Drua Homepage - One of the Embera villages we may visit
Embera Drua village - Great pictures, movies and description of life in their village.
Embera Home described -
Embera Traditions - More links and photos on this page about the Embera.
Embera festival. - A slide show of an embera festival.
Embera people of Drua village. - This site is made by the same organization that did the above site but it focuses on the Drua village of the upper Chagres region. See photos at bottom of page.
Embera people of Panama - Detailed site of Embera life. Check photos at bottom of page.
Indian Groups and their Art - Short examples of the major indian groups in Panama and some of their crafts.
Ngobe - Photos and desciption of the Ngobe Indians (Salt Creek village is Ngobe)
Pictures of Indian villages - includes Embera Drua and Para Puru and Kuna
Pictures of Salt Creek-Ngobe -
Time Among the Embera - Magazine article
crafts of Panama -

Panama Canal

A History and Map of Canal - A brief history of the Canal. Nice info. (www.panamacanal.com/map.htm)
Brief History and Map of the Canal - A tour companies info. Brief but good. (http://www.panamacanal.com/map.htm
History of the Canal -
Live video of Panama Canal - See the Mira Flora locks in this live video feed direct from the Panama Canal.
Make the Dirt Fly - A Smithsonian picture exhibit on the building of the Canal.
Miraflores Locks - This is the locks we will visit.
Panama Canal Today - Article
Panama Canal -

Content by Mr. B Beedle, beedleb@evansville.k12.wi.us
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Last revised Fri Jun 19 13:47:50 US/Pacific 2009