Maybe I was here a year ago and didn`t know it!!!!
San Felipe is the old part of town. Bits of San Felipe and of course the poorest parts of the city were bombed by the Americans in Bush the first´s invasion
San Felipe has been restored but the locals have been kicked out along with any atmosphere. This is the only block left with real locals
The herons live in the Presidential Palace. When Clinton visited his security people sprayed the palace with a disenfectant that killed all the herons, they had to be hurridly replaced during the night
The original city destroyed by Pirate Henry MorganI didn´t know this --
The man who was to found the Bank of England persuaded the Scottish people to make a massive investment to set up a trading post in Panama. The idea was to make Scotland a major trading nation to rival the Engish and the Dutch. It was a disaster, due to bad luck, disease and incompetance. For example they took Scottish bonnets and bibles to trade with the natives.
Scotland lost half its wealth and England took advantage and offered to bail them out if they joined the United Kingdom.
An did you know -
Panama has a gold medal long jumper who was expected to get another in the China Olympics. Unfortuantly Panama had two olympic organisations who couldnt agree which of them should send application papers. Eventually the Governmnet got pissed and closed both of them. But this meant there wasnt an organisation left to apply. Its now too late and their guy cant go
We are still in Colombia
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