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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Humphreys A freelance researcher, writer and educator, Sara
Humphreys has toiled, travelled and tarried in various countries in Latin
America, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. In addition to this guide, she
has worked on Rough Guides to Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and
Namibia. When not energetically bailing out a dugout in the Darién, she
can be found swinging in a hammock in Barbados.

Acknowledgements
Thanks to all the Panamanians, travellers and expats who and Ian Hambleton for providing a nonstop supply of
helped in various ways. Particular appreciation is due to food parcels, rum punch and encouragement to help me
the staff in MiAmbiente’s Metetí office; Javier and Michelle overcome the slipping deadlines and late nights writing.
for info on Coiba and Santa Catalina; Marti for sailing us Thanks too to Adrian, as ever, for all manner of home
over to Saboga; Angel, who updated me on the nightlife in support.
Panama City; and Brad for an entertaining evening in Boca
Brava. I am greatly indebted to Raffa Calvo for Costa Arriba At Rough Guides I’m grateful to Mani Ramaswamy for
and Western Azuero recces, for insights in and transport letting me loose in Panama once again, while appreciation
around various parts of the country and for getting us out is due to Sam Cook for her keen editorial eye and attention
of scrapes in the Darién. to detail, to Marta Bescos for unearthing some fine photos
and to Ed Wright for sharpening up the maps, as well as to
Gracias to Val Humphreys for trawling the internet for countless others for their contributions.
books, and to Gareth and Linda Lewis, Selvi Jeyaseelan
Readers’ updates
Thanks to the readers who have taken time to write in with comments, corrections and suggestions (and apologies if
we’ve inadvertently omitted or misspelt anyone’s name):
Charlotte and Martina; Ofer Holzer; Audrey Letouze; Griff Mercer; Tobias.

Photo credits
All photos © Rough Guides, except the following:
(Key: t-top; c-centre; b-bottom; l-left; r-right)
1 Alamy Stock Photo: imageBROKER 19 Corbis: Christian Heeb (br); Guillermo Johnson (bl)
2 Alamy Stock Photo: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH 20 Getty Images: Panoramic Images (t)
5 Alamy Stock Photo: Hemis 22 Alamy Stock Photo: Reuters/Alberto Lowe
9 Alamy Stock Photo: Oyvind Martinsen (t). AWL Images: 50–51 SuperStock: Alvaro Leiva
Christian Heeb (br). Getty Images: Wendy Connett (bl) 90–91 4Corners: Massimo Ripani
11 Alamy Stock Photo: Visual&Written SL (b). Getty 126–127 Alamy Stock Photo: JJM Stock Photography
Images: Alfredo Maiquez (c); Gary Vestal (t) 129 Alamy Stock Photo: Oyvind Martinsen
13 Alamy Stock Photo: Aurora Photos (t) 150–151 Corbis: Alejandro Bolivar
14 Robert Harding Picture Library: Ken Welsh 216–217 AWL Images: Jane Sweeney
15 Alamy Stock Photo: age fotostock (t). SuperStock (c) 219 Getty Images: Connie Coleman
16 Alamy Stock Photo: Diego Grandi (b). Corbis: Wayne 270–271 Alamy Stock Photo: Oyvind Martinsen
Lynch (c). Robert Harding Picture Library: Peter 273 Robert Harding Picture Library: Andoni Canela
Schickert (t) 290 Alamy Stock Photo: Peter Horree
17 Alamy Stock Photo: M. Timothy O’Keefe (br); Ian
Woolcock (tr). Getty Images (bl). Robert Harding Picture Cover: Frog, Bocas del Toro 4Corners: Tuul & Bruno
Library: Alfredo Maiquez (tl) Morandi
18 Alamy Stock Photo: Jon Arnold Images Ltd (c); Richard
Wareham Vervoer (b). Corbis: Christian Ziegler (t)

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