Comments on: on getting a visa extension

By: suscri

suscri — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:09:09 +0000

Things have changed and we understand that we can only get a 90 visa - meaning we have to run over to Isla San Andres (or someplace else) for 72 hours. We come back for 90 days and do it again. Right? Any recommendations? We’re not too adventurous at this point!

By: tejano

tejano — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:16:50 +0000

I’d like to know the prices for flights from Tocumen to Cartagena, round abouts?

By: cojito

cojito — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:44:27 +0000

tica - yes, fair point. i am extremely unlucky. no one’s ever tried to sell me a new/fake Panamanian passport. have you got one for sale?

ah, just as well, i like to keep it legal in panama. i don’t want to spend 2 years in jail waiting for the chance to come before a corrupt judge.

tman - i don’t think i’m all that suspicious looking. i always cover my gang tats, and gold tooth. i dunno, maybe it’s the pound of weed stuffed in my golf bag.

heh, no one’s ever sent me summary notes before. my email’s cojito@thepanamapages.com of course.

By: tica

tica — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:04:26 +0000

why are you so worry about extending your visa when you can buy a new one just there, if nobody has offer you a visa yet, you are extremely unlucky as I know in the very same windows they can even sell you a brand new panamanian passport, dont you reckon it all about corruption??

By: Tman

Tman — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:21:20 +0000

you guys must be very suspicious looking:). i’ve never been asked for return tickets at immigration…at tocumen or paso canoas. of course after only one time, i avoid paso canoas like the plague. i always got the shivers watching the “twilight zone”, and paso canoas reminds me of many episodes.

cojito…i highly recommend the women/ oops…i mean…buildings of cartagena. they all are readily assessible for rent or to buy. best deals are with aires airlines…though i dont think they fly every day from panama. copa sometimes has deals last minute. send me your email and i will send you my summary notes on where to go/what to see.

By: cojito

cojito — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:07:22 +0000

funny that. i’ve never been asked for a return ticket in tocumen. nor have i been searched. but every u.s. airline makes me buy a return ticket before i leave the states. that’s why i always buy a refundable ticket, and cash it back after i clear customs.

i’ve been thru paso canoas a couple times. i get physically searched there every time. and they always ask me for a ticket. so i show them the return portion of my bus ticket.

By: me2

me2 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:13:25 +0000

FYI, last time I came in through Tocumen was the return portion of a trip and no one asked me if I had a ticket out of the country. Hmmm. I think that’s more enforced at Paso Canoas than airports. It is the worst crossing in Panama, but lots of helpers can make it easier. They used to be willing to carry your bags, too. Ah, the good old days of (virtually) slave labor prices.

By: cojito

cojito — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:31:57 +0000

tman - agree with that. you just never know down here. of course, obeying the law is no guarantee.

what are you paying for the flight to Cartagena? i’ve always wanted to go. i hear the ~~women~~ buildings are beautiful.