Daily life in Panama

Crepes & Waffles : the unmissable Latin American pancakes restaurant franchise

Crepes&Waffles restaurant in Ecuador
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Like it? Share it!After an exhausting trip, just a few hours after first setting foot in Ecuador, we had to answer an essential question: what were we going to eat for lunch? We were staying at a small and cozy B&B, surrounded by nature, away from the city of Quito… We were recommended to head …

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Schools in Latin America : one year after the COVID-19 pandemic started, what’s the situation?

Schools in Latin America
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Like it? Share it!This week marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic appeared in Latin America and its countries started, the one after the other, to close schools. Most countries have kept them closed ever since, and some have only just started reopening them again this year, others not. According to data from the UNICEF, …

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Walking in the streets of Panamá City

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Like it? Share it!Do you like walking ? I certainly do ! Especially upon arriving in a new place. In my opinion, walking is the best way to discover a new neighborhood. Because it is slow, you have plenty of time to observe and spot all the places you need to identify : supermarket/grocery stores, hospital/doctors/other medical professionals, …

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A Carnival – less 2021

Carnival Carioca in Ecuador
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Like it? Share it!This year is very different from what we are used to, and many things are being either canceled or modified. Carnival is one of them. This major event in many Latin American countries had to adapt to current circumstances. In the country of carnival, Brazil, it couldn’t be canceled, so it was …

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The place of Power lines in Latin American Urban Landscape

Typical utility poles and power lines in Latin America
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Like it? Share it!In every Latin American country you may visit, you will come across this unusual kind of urban decor along the streets : utility poles sinking under the excessive weight of numerous cables, whether they are electrical, phone or internet wires. So far, only very few power lines are underground, most of them rule …

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Why January 9 is a holiday – Martyr’s Day in Panamá

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Like it? Share it!History Every year, on January 9, the panamanians commemorate the tragic events of 1964 when a popular uprising around the Panamá Canal lead to violent events. Let’s go back in time to understand the context. After the french project for the Panamá Canal of Ferdinand de Lesseps went bankrupt, Roosevelt’s USA bought …

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Starting Christmas preparations in September

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Like it? Share it!Something all Latin American countries have in common is the importance of the Christmas period in their culture. It’s important to celebrate it, to celebrate it right and to celebrate it big ! And that’s probably why they start preparing it very early on… In all the latin american countries I’ve visited, Christmas …

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Panama City skyline

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Like it? Share it!Panamy City, also known as Ciudad de Panama, is the capital city of Panama and is often called the Miami of Central America. For several reasons : its wealth, its lifestyle, its banking sector, its huge modern american-style malls… but here, we’ll focus on its architecture and skyline. Panama City is nothing like …

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