Comments on: Panama, Puente del Mundo, Corazon del Universo!

By: KimHo

KimHo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:43:08 +0000

George, welcome! Truth said, I moved out a couple of years ago and, just as you mentioned, it was quite different from what I remember. A lot of things have changed, with new buildings/infrastructure. It might not even be the same country as you remembered!

By: George

George — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:24:52 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful pictures! I was born in Panama of chinese parents and moved to the US when I was 14 and have not been back since. I always wonder what has changed and this post really helped me visualize the food that I remember as a kid in school. The city in itself is completely different than what I remember.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:49:32 +0000

@KimHo Even with my super super limited spanish I managed to sort of understand it. You're telling me to join conversation clubs?! heh.. I do want to practice, should bother my couple spanish speaking friends to converse with me...anyways I'll stop commenting here, need to catch up on your other posts [and mine!]

By: Mi Ranchito | I'm Only Here for the Food!

Mi Ranchito | I'm Only Here for the Food! — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:28:38 +0000

[...] chicken (for some reason, an old hen seems to be preferred), culantro (the saw-leaf herb mentioned previously) and ñame, a root vegetable that crumbles when boiled and, as a result, thickens the soup, in lieu [...]

By: KimHo

KimHo — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:03:34 +0000

Kevin, considerando que Costa Rica y Panama son paises vecinos y pequeños, no le debe sorprender que muchas cosas sean parecidas! Practicar Español no le debería ser difícil acá; estoy seguro que hay clubes de conversaciones. Es cuestión de cuanto quiera usted aprender!.

(Sorry everybody, this message is intented for Kevin; I won’t stop you though, if you already know Spanish…)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:37:32 +0000

I shouldn’t be surprised that everything looks very similar to CR. Just makes me miss it, kind of. I feel like I missed out on a lot of opportunities to eat and see things because my parents had to catch up with their old friends and relatives on this trip instead.

Oh well..just means I’ll have to go back again! I’ll have to learn more spanish though..I’m pretty bad at it haha.

By: KimHo

KimHo — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Thanks a lot for your comments, everybody! More Panama related posts comings today and next week, hehehehe.

By: raidar

raidar — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:11:54 +0000

Awesome awesome awesome. Great pictures and story, and Sherman said it well – It’s not always about the food.

By: Sherman

Sherman — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:17:55 +0000

Nice post! I really enjoyed looking at the pictures and your descriptions of everyday life. It’s not always about the food! LOL…

By: H.Peter

H.Peter — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:20:53 +0000

I enjoyed that post very much.
Panama is on my list of places to revisit one day.

Great images!