Tag Archives: Panama

Vegetable Ivory

     Finest Tagua Nut art. For many years we lived in Panama, there we came of course across the indigenous local artists. Just visiting one of the many souvenir markets or events could bring you in personal contact with … Weiterlesen →

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Amazing Fruit Tree

Living in foreign country’s is a challenge and of course some instructive time too. During our years in Panama we had to learn a lot. A lot of unaccustomed culture, strange habits and lots of facts we never faced in … Weiterlesen →

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Biomuseo and American Trade Hotel

    Click on pictures to supersize. Sitting at a logical centerpoint in Central America, Panama City hopes to become a new destination for ecotourism and hipsters alike. With an outpost of an Ace Hotel and a new Gehry building, the … Weiterlesen →

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Street Art Panama

  Street art seen in Panama City, Panama. After my article about Street Art in Uruguay a good friend from Panama promised me to send a few pics of street art in Panama, what he did this week. I  like … Weiterlesen →

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The Panama Hat – Part 2

Making the Panama Hat. To understand how a Panama Hat zigzags from an outpost just south of the equator to the gleaming window of a New York haberdashery is to understand how the world works. The trail begins in Cadeate, … Weiterlesen →

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The Panama Hat – Part 1

Since we lived in Panama for over 5 years I had to learn about the Panama hat. We used them all the time and still do it here in Uruguay. Almost every friend and family member were gifted with one … Weiterlesen →

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