Getting Around Panama

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By far the quickest way to get to Boquete is to fly.
We flew on Aeroperlas to David. From David we drove to Boquete.

Aeroperlas flies out of the domestic airport Marcos A. Gelabert, located in Albrook.
It is 30 minutes from Tocumen International Airport.

Our plane was sitting waiting for passengers to board. It was pouring down rain so no one was anxious to venture outside. Soon a group of people from the airport showed up at the doorway with umbrellas and escorted us to the plane. That is service!

Cost:: 25 cent. only
From to every where inside Panama city

the principal routes are:
Via España - Tocumen, Concepcion, San Pedro, Veranillo

Transismica - Don Bosco, Pedregal, Los Andes Cerro Batea, San Isidro.

Tumba Muerto (Ricardo J. Alfaro): Mananitas, Veranillo, Los Andes, Cerro Batea, Santa Librada

Time: almost 24 hours (from 4:30 am to 1:00 am approx.

IS A REAL EXTREME EXPERINCE DURING THE EVENING OR NIGHT. The buses all the way are doing race for passengers.

Price approx.: in US$

One way from Banking area PC to:
Old Panama: 2 - 3
Casco Viejo: 2 - 3
Costway Amador: 5
Canal: Miraflores locks: 10 - 15
Canal:Gatun locks: 60
PTY airport (Tocumen): 15
PAC airport (Albrook): 5
Gamboa : 20
Colon: 60 - 80
Azuero: 150
Santa Catalina: 200
Chiriqui: 200
El Valle: 80 - 100
Farallon: 80 - 100

Hire the day: 50 - 75
-but is not mean that you will hire the services to go far away from PC.

One of the nicest and knowledgable drivers and his personal cars are awesome! He has a BMW Sedan and a Honda CRV that he uses to pickup and transport passengers to do whatever they need to do around Panama City.

Archibaldo White
6679-5885
268-2530

Depending on what you want to do or need to do, he charges between $80 and $250 per day. Very comfortable rides indeed!!

I lost nine hours of vacation time bc of Air Panama. The first flight was delayed over 5 hours. The second over 2 hours. The third was on time. The fourth was 1 hour. From what I experienced, I will use AeroPerlas next time. It may cost a wee bit more, but I did not see any of their planes leave or arrive late. The run basically the same routes as Air Panama.

After seeing the insperation here is the real picture. You can spend a few hours or a few weeks in the rain forest in Panama by dugout.

You can do this by contacting.
VT member Tammy (snoopy9109) she can help and lives in Panama

Phone:
Tel/Fax: (507) 314 1417

Website:
http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/46579/

Or if you speak spanish you can call the embera indians directly:If you are interested in an Embera dugout adventure, please contact the community organization Tránchichi Emberá Chagres
cellular telephone: (507) 698-6576 in Panama

You may also send a message via Mobil Phone beeper at number (507) 264-5155. Leave a message for Emberá Drua, account 810-01-01

Please remember that they only speak Spanish.

Phone:
(507) 698-6576

Website:
http://www.trail2.com/embera/tourism.htm

Other Contact:
emberadrua@yahoo.com

Because of problems with train schedules (see separate tip), I took the bus from Panama City to Colon and return. The service departs hourly from the main (Albrook) bus terminal in Panama City and the main terminal in Colon and takes about two hours. The Greyhound-style buses were older models and could be a bit cleaner, but the service was a big step up from the school buses that provide most of Panama's bus service, and the air conditioning worked. The biggest drawback was the very loud action movies that played continuously on the overhead monitors. The body count must have approached a thousand during each two hour trip. Unless your taste runs to blood and gore, bring ear plugs and something to read.

Panama's only train, from Panama City to Colon, no longer runs on the regular daily schedule described in guide books. An erratic schedule that varies by day, with no service at all on some days, has been substituted, and the station in Colon is not staffed. Check the current schedule carefully after you arrive in Panama before heading to the station.