Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo What a crazy Friday! here are the photos of Casco`s first Kids Carnival. It was organized by residents, businesses and a regional group called Cali 7 with members who traveled from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo And the whole country goes into a hiatus, nothing gets done, and we are proud of it. Time to celebrate and wear strange costumes. But my favorite new tradition is the children`s carnival at Casco…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo The life of a diplomat is to travel every four years (or less, depending on the country) from country to country, spreading good will on each one. Their range of experiences on places to live…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo This week I`ve been taking care of my nephew at my grandmother`s house. One of the many treats of doing it, is that I get to take a look at our old family albums with…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I love December in Panama, and specially here in Casco where things just happen unexpectedly. I was walking around yesterday, when all of the sudden the SPI band started playing in the plaza. They marched…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Each Christmas I take on making my own Christmas tree. I have already done newspaper, plastic bottles, cans, glass bottles and even using beach pebbles (with the cans). Although the first versions where medium size…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I can´t remember when I saw my last rainbow, but yesterday seemed perfect for it: at 5 p.m. Casco Viejo`s skies had this beautiful golden light, but with thin clouds, producing a large rainbow. Since…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo As summer makes its way into Panama (when the rest of the universe is going into cold winter), mornings have an early start. The sun comes out half hour early and goes down half hour…
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Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Dom Cartooch is a French artist who lived in Casco for years. At some point I saw him roaming around with a meassuring tape and students sometimes with him, and I wasn´t really sure what…
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Panama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Highlights of the Patriot Holiday parades on November 3rd and 4th. Enjoy!
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