Latest Link Swapper - Panama Lens
By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Welcome aboard to our latest link swapper - Panama Lens. From their website: "Panama Lens produces professional video tours and photographs for the real estate market in Panama. Our video and photo packages include an on-camera host, custom scripting, narration, and professional equipment. We have experience filming and photographing many different property types; from 1 bedroom rental condos on Balboa Ave to 335 hectare ocean side for sale properties, and everything in between (please feel free to view our portfolio on our website). It is our goal to differentiate the selling points of each property and, most importantly, drive qualified traffic to each listing we produce material for. Panama Lens enables anyone in the world to take a walk-through video tour of your property 24/7." Sweet. Professional photography services to help you promote your property in Panama - what more could you ask for? Hey, a walk though video tour of my apartment 24/7? Sometimes I'm on the John, ya'know ... that would be embarrassing. Anyway, these guys are smarter than me, and smart enough to participate in our long standing link exchange program. If you've got a website about Panama with English language content you might want to sign up as well.
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September 6, 2008 - 
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Have I mentioned recently what a great fan I am of 
Several new malls have opened up in Panama City in about the last four years. The first to open was the Multicentro in Paitilla. Shortly thereafter the Albrook Mall open next to the bus terminal and the Multi Plaza Mall in Punta Pacifica. I took some pictures at the Multi Plaza the other day and posted them to the photo albums in case you're interested. It's about like every mall in the United States and is currently going through an expansion. Here are links to:
Please welcome aboard the most recent link swapper - 
I was driving around this morning and noticed a big column of black smoke rising from the area of Chorillo. Where there's smoke there's usually fire so I headed over there. Sure enough, someone had set fire to a large pile of truck tires probably just to get rid of them rather than having to pay to haul them to the dump. The fire was at the end of Ave. De las Poetas in Chorillo right down by the water. The fire department showed up a few minutes after I did and hosed down the trash fire. No big deal, but since I got the pictures I might as well put them up. Salud... 
Every once in awhile the Pacific high tide converges with an offshore storm, producing some interesting wave action against the sea wall on Avenue Balboa. This only happens maybe ten times a year so it's relatively uncommon. This morning at 8:54 am the Pacific ocean was at a 15.5 high tide (
The Fundación Albatros Media is presenting an exhibition of 40 large-format photographs and videos called "Treasures of Coiba" from 20 April to 20 May 2006 at the Mall Multiplaza Pacífico in Panama. The goal of the exhibition is to raise awareness of risks to Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2005. The exhibition occurs at a crucial time for Coiba National Park, as a tourism and management plan is currently under development with UNESCO. This initiative is supported financially by the United Nations Foundation and the Global Conservation Foundation. The exhibition was made possible by Conservation International, Credicorp Bank, Mall Multiplaza Pacífico and TVN Noticias. 
MIAMI -- A 300-foot cargo ship was badly damaged Monday when it slammed into a seawall leaving the Miami River on its way out to sea. The ship the Hybur Star, registered in Panama but owned by a company based on the Miami River, was left with a gaping hole in hits hull. No one on board the ship was injured. Crewmembers were able to shut down the ship's compartment hatches to prevent the ship from sinking, but the freighter did take on some water. The Coast Guard said the ship's bulkhead was designed to withstand just this type of collision. Coast Guard crewmembers and port officials were evaluating the damage, and Atlantis Marine Towing Company was on scene to assist. Officials said that it is likely that the company that owns the ship will have to offload its cargo of frozen chickens onto another ship. The ship was bound for Haiti when the accident happened. 
You're going to be seeing the name "Mauro Endara" more often. He's a Panamanian photographer who has recently released a CD called "The Most Beautiful Pictures of Panama." There are more than 1,000 photos on the disk from all over the country - Bocas del Toro, Boquete, Colon, Cocle, David, the San Blas islands, Los Santos, Herrera, Carnival, the Panama Canal, and Panama City. He's letting me use his photos in the articles I publish on Panama Guide, and in retun I'm helping him to promote his CD. The CD is available Panama City in CD Place, and other points around the city. If you'd like to buy one, see below. 
I don't have it totally locked in yet, but it looks like DoIt Center is going to sponsor the 2006 Panama Guide Photo Contest. The decision maker has given me a green light, but I have to work out the details with their PR guy, who is up in Chiriqui to open the new store there. I'm going to announce new sponsors as they sign up, so keep those photos coming. Remember, only three per person (max) this time for the contest, and feel free to send me other images of Panama to put in the albums if you'd like. Good luck...
Agua! Agua! We would like to see how you spent Carnival in Panama 2006. Please send in your photos with a couple of words about where you are, who's in the photo, and what's going on, and we'll publish the best ones. Email photos to don@panama-guide.com and thanks.
