Fun facts for tourists about panama like stuff tourists would like to know in a travel brochure?

Question

Fun facts for tourists about panama like stuff tourists would like to know in a travel brochure?

Answer 1

1. A ship takes 8 hours to cross the Canal

2. Our national flower is the Holy Spirit Orchid, a tiny flower that seems to have a small dove in its center.

3. You can see the sunrise in the Pacific and the sunset in the Atlantic... (one hour drive between boths seas)

4. In the Archipiélago de las Mulatas or Archipiélago de San Blas there are 365 islands (one for every day or the year).

5. We dont really know what Panama means... some say it means abundance of fish and buterflies, other that it is the name of an indian tribe, and others that it comes from a tree...

6. We call our buses Diablos Rojos... red devils... wonder why?  

7. All the fresh water from the Canal, at the end, go to the salty waters of the seas...