Panama

Dictators, cigars and the world's most famous short-cut? There's more to Panama than its clichés. More than a third of Panama's land is protected; it's home to 940 bird species and some of the world's most important turtle nesting grounds. Here puma prowl, the drumming of riotous festivals fills the air-and visitor numbers are soaring. It's also a land where timetables are unpredictable and public holidays occur without notice, where places have three names spelled four different ways and r...