Bar hoping, poetry reading, surfing, reading, everything is reachable in and from Casco Viejo.

The boys at Relic really know how to throw a party!!! everyone shows up, including President Ricardo Martinelli.

What a great weekend! learned about paddle surfing and good old pirates...

For such a small country, Panama has been known internationally by legends such as Roberto Duran (boxing), Lafitte Pincay (horse riding), Mariano Rivera (Yankees) and more recently Irving Saladino who won the first gold medal at an Olimpic Game for the country ever. Their common denominators have not only been the country where they where born in (Panama) but the fact that most of them come from very humble origins. Many of them lived at some stage in Casco Viejo.

Speaking of surf... (at my blog early this morning), I just got this video article that was posted at Surfing Magazine about surf in Panama (check out sites at Bocas del Toro):

People often wonders how is everyday life in Casco Viejo. This is it. And we love it.

With a golden summer sun shinning over its beautiful colonial buildings and brick streets, Casco Antiguo welcomes 2009 with a bag of good news:

This weekend was a lot of fun. Unusual events, urban art everywhere. Baños Públicos at its best! my photos are good, but I think I´m going to get a video camera next time. Tried to do it over my Sony cellphone, but didn´t really work...

Santo Domingo Beach is the closest beach in Panama City and Casco Viejo´s best kept secret. While everybody in the city was trapped at home, in Casco you can walk out to the beach and enjoy!

Miriam Butterman has always been a Casco Viejo fanatic. She is also a reporter for several publications, including Panama 9 80. Here, her latest article with the story on Samantha, Panama´s female surf champion who grew up in Casco Viejo.

Passionate, skillful and thoughful. Samantha, our Casco Viejo female surf champion fired up in Cambutal last weekend at Cambutal and took home a very good prize. She has become a national pride and a local roll model.

Attention surfers! we actually have a surf wave in Casco. Only for the most adventurous ones... not for the faint of heart...