Take a Walk on the Wild Side in Panama and Nicaragua


News from Panama / Monday, April 16th, 2018

Lizzie Pook writes on her travels in Luxury London.  It is a great article.

From  howler monkeys and high-adrenaline pursuits to crumbling churches and winding waterways: searching for adventure-luxe in Central America.

We’re hovering a thousand feet above the Panama Canal, the propellers close to our heads whipping through the air with a meditative hum, the shipwrecks below raising their limbs to the sky like half-submerged ghouls.

Our helicopter is travelling over one of the most important stretches of water in the world. Cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, the 77km-long canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean (making it a crucial shipping route for global trade). From our lofty viewpoint it’s peppered with gleaming ships, dutifully lining up to pass through its heavy locks, and squadrons of pelicans that charge above it like boisterous fighter pilots.

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