<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Panama</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</link><description>Panama</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In Panama, a Surfer Is Born]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17209-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17209-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:06:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The surfboard rocks, my arms wilt and my stomach scrapes on the epoxy as I paddle in the warm green Pacific off the south coast of Panama. A set of waves approaches, and I struggle for position. Veering off course, I attempt to correct by (of all things) pushing the nose of the board.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[panama canal 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2244-2002Apr5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2244-2002Apr5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:06:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last year, more than 12,000 vessels passed through the  Panama Canal, which divides North and South America and connects the Atlantic to the Pacific. So cruising the canal is the only way to see it, right? Hardly. Here's how to get a close-up view of one of the world's great engineering feats.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad roads. Spotty services. Poor tourist infrastructure. Yes, it's the perfect time to visit Panama]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58867-2000Mar12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58867-2000Mar12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/centralamerica/panama</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:06:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The giant hinged jaws of the Panama Canal's Miraflores Lock swung shut behind our boat, blocking our ocean view and deepening the echo of our voices. We were temporarily boxed in by the lock's concrete walls and gates, one of three vessels in the 1,000-by-110-foot holding tank. Our three-level tour boat was mere flotsam in the wake of the 700-foot Nepalese work ship in front of us.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item></channel></rss>