Ah. . . the open road.A Time to stuff our trunks full with luggage and take control of the wheel.A Some like to drive for the scenic views, the cost savings, or spur of the moment decision.A How do you plan the trip, though? When my final destinationA is within twelve hours from me, I usually drive.A I noticed that the time it takes me to get to the airport, check my luggage, goA through security, onto my layover, then off the plane, to baggage claim and to my vacation location is often just as long, if...

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Some say the word Panama comes from an Indian word meaning land of many fish. Others believe it stems from the Cuna Indian phrase panna mai, when Spanish solders met a Cuna Indian and asked where they could find gold, the reply was panna maia€“far away, in the hope, according to the tale, that the soldiers too would go far away. Panama varies in width from 30 to 120 miles. The Caribbean Sea hugs it to the north and the Pacific Ocean is on its south side. One can watch the sun rise over the Pacific and set in the...

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