![]() Enjoy Guna Yala art at the Museo de la Mola And don’t miss the beautiful biodiversity gardens with a zone on native plant species. The museum’s eight galleries explore the country’s fascinating geology, natural history and diverse cultures through a host of interactive displays. Discover Panama’s incredible biodiversity at the BioMuseoĭesigned by starchitect Frank Gehry, the BioMuseo, with its multicolored origami-like canopies, is quite a spectacle – inside and out. The world-class museum, located on the Amador Causeway, showcases how the skinny isthmus of Panama changed the planet. Learn about Panama's fascinating biodiversity at the BioMuseo © Mark Pitt Images / Shutterstock 6. The marine museum is filled with educational displays and exhibits detailing the lives of the three-toed sloth or the strawberry poison dart frog. Later, indulge in some hearty Panamanian fare under a palapa at Mi Ranchito. This skinny sliver of land jutting into the bay was created from earth leftover from the construction of the Panama Canal. Originally a breakwater and a land bridge to the diminutive islands of Perico, Naos and Flamenco, the Amador Causeway is a recreation hub and favorite of both residents and tourists.īest explored on two wheels – try Bicicletas Moses – head to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's family-friendly Centro Natural Punta Culebra. ![]() Prices for a cup of Geisha range between USD$10 to $15. Sample it in Casco at the industrial-chic, vegan-friendly Sisu Coffee Studio, which serves varieties from the owner’s estates. Originating in Ethiopia, the beans made their way to Panama and today are cultivated on the lofty volcanic slopes of the Chiriquí Highlands and Volcán Barú near Boquete. Its complex flavors and distinct aroma make it one of the world’s finest – and most expensive – cups of joe. Sip a cup of Geisha, the champagne of coffeeįor coffee lovers, Geisha is the stuff of legends. The measure has one more committee stop before it heads to the Senate floor.Geisha coffee is one of the most expensive cups of coffee in the world © Juan Jose Rodriguez / AFP via Getty Images 4. “At this time, there’s really no legitimate reason to keep it.” “When you look at the history of why we started Daylight Saving Time a hundred years ago, World War I, to conserve fuel,” said Steube. And Steube expects if he gets the bill through it will trigger a groundswell of interest among other states and a nationwide examination of the annual flip ahead and fall back in time – a tradition that’s been referred to as humanity’s dumbest ritual.Ĭompanies complain the jumping ahead or falling back on the clock creates scheduling, staffing, and other logistical problems. “However, if Congress allows when we spring forward in March we will stay there.”įlorida would have to petition Congress for permission to make DST permanent Florida time. “The time zones will remain the same,” explained Steube when he amended the bill to keep the state divided between CST and EST. He told the committee he understood Panhandle residents had no objections to a permanent DST. To get his bill past Gainer and Montford, the chair of the Commerce Committee, Steube revised the proposal. Montford represents folks in both time zones and grew up on Central Time in Blountstown. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, about voters in the western counties. “Why are you picking on the Panhandle? Why do we have to move? That’s what they asked me,” said Sen. At which point, it follows the county line south to the Gulf. The dividing line then follows the ICW turning around and heading northwest and then due north to the Gulf County line. The boundary follows the river downstream to just north of the city of Apalachicola where the river merges with the Intracoastal Waterway. Right now, the Apalachicola River divides Florida into the Eastern and Central time zones. He also wanted to move the entire state into one time zone. That would put an end to the twice-annual routine of moving the clock an hour ahead or back as the nation flips between Daylight Saving Time to standard time every November and March. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, proposed to make Florida time Daylight Saving Time all the time. We do not like Tallahassee telling us what time it is.” ![]() “All these years we’ve set our schedule to our time. George Gainer, R-Panama City, during a committee hearing Monday. “I tell you, honestly, if we were to (vote to) change I don’t know if I could go home,” said Sen. The refusal of Panhandle residents from Blountstown to Pensacola to sync their clocks with Tallahassee and Miami threatened to derail the Sunshine Protection Act of 2018. It wants nothing to do with Eastern Standard Time. Watch Video: Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday
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