Visit Panama City.

Panama, Where the world meets: Adventure.

Panama, Where the world meets: The Panama Canal.

Panama, Where the World meets: History.

Panama, Where the World meets: Traditions.

     At last "La Autoridad de Turismo de Panama" (Panama's Tourism Authority) launched the advertising of Panama as a country brand, with the slogan:  “Panamá:  Unimos al Mundo”, or in English, “Panama:  Where the World meets”. 
    I'm impressed with the quality of the four videos filmed in HD. That´s why I selected a big screen.  I posted the first one about traditions and folklore.  Enjoy it!

Door Spot - Panama, It will never leave you

     The commercial says everthing...

My name is Panama - IPAT's Tourism Commercial

     The video that I post was Panama’s first tourism commercial that I remember. It was created to promote the tourism for the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 1986, celebrated on July in Panama City.
     I remember at that time, the responsible authority for tourism in Panama was IPAT (Panamanian Tourism Institute), today, ATP (Panama’s Tourism Authority), and the government was under the dictatorship of General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
     "My name is Panama" or "Mi nombre es Panama" was the promotional slogan of tourism which is now a trademark that sells Panamanians items such as molas, woven on clothing; cartoons alluding to Panamanian folklore and culture, and printed on t-shirts in multiple colors; and national handicrafts http://www.mynameispanama.com/.

     Venezuelan contestant Barbara Palacios Teyde, in her response to the jury at the Miss Universe in 1986 said: "We must highlight the great work that Panamanians do when they have foreign people in their land, as in our case, we, the misses of this pageant. I think it should be emphasized at all times that they not only have beautiful lands, but the Panamanians are people, beautiful people, who always offer a lot of warmth. I think that is very precisely that slogan that says: My name is Panama!!!”

Atlas Ads: a Panamanian Beer.

     Atlas is one of the most recognized and consumed beer in the country, and its logo appears at events such as carnivals, fairs, musical events and on the walls of store retailers around the country, such as advertising and sponsorship.

     My purpose of this post is not to advertise the product and assess its quality and taste. I wish to highlight of their commercial advertisements folklore, culture, landscape and the melting pot of races of our country during the last thirty years. Not only is the beer, is the country, Panama.

     The main objective is to know the landscape of Panama and its people. Remember that the first videos presented were made in the 80s and the last are the most current. Before each set of videos I put the lyric of them in English so you can understand what each group of video wants to transmit. Enjoy them.

Cerveza Atlas: "Así es mi país" (This is my country) ((1985-1986).

This is my country
and so are my people,

first people who love and feel ...

This is my country

and so are my people, people who work and enjoy.

This is my country

and this is my first people, people who enjoy the present.
This is my country

and this is my people, people who love and feel...

Cerveza Atlas: "Así es mi país" (This is my country) ((1986-1987). Other version.

This is my country
And so are the things we like

Because we like them...

And so are my people

People who enjoy the present...

Who know sure what they feel

These things we like always

These things we like always.

Cerveza Atlas: "Así es mi gente" (This is my people) (1989).

These are the people, the people of Panama.
What joy that good, drink the Atlas their beer.

Take life with joy, always drink your Atlas very cold.

These are the people with Atlas to enjoy.

Here and there, and throughout Panama.

These are the people, the people of Panama.

What joy that good, they drink the Atlas their beer.

People are happy, the people are friendly.

As our people like no other.

These are the people with Atlas to enjoy.

Here and there, and throughout Panama.
These are the people, the people of Panama.
What joy that good, they drink the Atlas their beer.
The people of Panama, here and there, drink Atlas.

Cerveza Atlas: "Yo soy el sabor" (I'm the flavor) ((1991-1992-1993) Salsa rithm.

I‘m of this land,

and I have the happy flavor of my people.

My soul is golden, sun caress

And the white foam of my beaches

comes from inside me ...

I'm city and fields

from color neighborhood

I'm first, I'm the flavor

Atlas: I'm first

Atlas: I'm the flavor. Bis.

Cerveza Atlas: "Nuestra gente, nuestra cerveza" (Our People, Our beer) (2009).

We are that happy land

We are really Panamanians.

We’re going foward, we enjoy today.

And It’s one and our, what a great beer,

made with our rithm.

Pure Panamanian, it’s Atlas the flavor.

We first, we have flavor

Atlas, we are first

Atlas, we are the flavor.

Birdwatching in Panama: IPAT's Ad.

     The following video is about birdwatching in Panama. In the video appears Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and tourism minister in 2004-2009 period, and IPAT’s head (Panamanian Tourism Institute). In 2009, IPAT changed its name to ATP (Panama's Tourism Authority).
     Our country is internationally recognized as one of the countries with more bird-watching and bird-counting, which I can assert, because every morning I wake with birdsongs from my window (ooohhh!).
     Below, you can see some photos of two birds that I took from my balcony. I don’t know their breed because I am not a birds expert.
     I'm also pasting in this post a brochure about bird-watching in Panama with photographs of birds can be found in the wild.

Panama: The path less traveled (3). Casco Antiguo.

     “El Casco Antiguo de la Ciudad de Panamá” (Panama City’s Old Town) is now Humanity’s Heritage, proclaimed by UNESCO. It’s the Panama City’s site that preserves the oldest buildings.  Its construction began, after pirates destroyed what is known today as “Panama La Vieja” (The Old Panama) in 1671.  During the military dictatorship, the buildings were neglected. But thanks to democracy that exists today in the country, governments have been invested in its reconstruction and maintenance for future generations.

ATP's Museum of Biodiversity Ad.

This video is from the Panama’s Tourism Authority (ATP). I couldn’t get the English version, but I translated the content.

“Three million years ago, an isthmus emerged from the waters,

creating two oceans and joining a continent.

That strip of land is today the country with the most important biodiversity sample of the Americas.

That country is Panama, and only Panama

will be the home of the Biodiversity Museum,

designed by Frank Gehry.

A unique work in Latin America.

Panama, it will never leave you.”

Panama: The path less traveled (2).

     This video reminds me the Jurassic Park movie, where you could appreciate the beauty of the lush tropical rainforest. In Panama, there are protected areas called National Parks where tourists from all over the world make tours to get to know what really is a tropical rainforest: a place full of mystery, variety of exotic plants and abundant wildlife characteristic of the place. There are also many places where ecotourists can have an incredible adventure, and maybe visit places that have never been traveled.

     In Panama, there are ecotourism and extreme tourism agencies giving service to take people to these kinds of experiences and have contact with nature in its virgin state.

Panama: The path less traveled (1).

   The following video takes place in Bocas del Toro’s Islands, one of the Panama’s nine provinces.
   Bocas del Toro differs from other provinces because most of the population lives on islands. The houses or residences, with Afro-Caribbean influenced architecture, are built over the Caribbean turquoise waters that bathe the coasts. Transport is by boat going from one dock to another, as shown in the video. The food of the place...Mmm! Yummi. Watch the video!