TAXIS

Sometimes it seems Panama has more taxis than mangos. Sometimes, if it is raining at knockoff time, it seems there are no taxis at all. In Panama City fares are based on a zoning system. A cabbie must show you his zoned map of the city if you challenge his charge. If you have a bunch of places to visit around town, the easy way is to hire a cab by the hour, negotiable. Prices differ between small taxis and large taxis. Between Tocumen Airport and Panama City's hotels the official rate is $10.00 a person if you share the cab with up to four others, $ 14.00 if you share with one other person, or $25.00 if you want the vehicle to yourself.

BUSES

International Buses
Panaline departs from the Albrook Bus Terminal daily at 12:30 p.m for San Jose, Costa Rica. Cost: $70 round trip. Tel: 314-6385. Ticabus services to San Jose, Costa Rica, leave from Albrook every day at 11:a.m. Round trip fare to San José costs $70, to Nicaragua costs $90 and to Guatemala $230.00 Tel.: 314-6385.To San Jose the bus costs about one fifth of the air fare, takes about 16 times as long.

Buses To The Interior
Buses of all shapes and sizes orbit the nation in a tooting infinity of apogees and perigees. The interior, which in effect means all the country west of the Canal, is served by buses ranging from Greyhound quality, for the trunk route to David, to mini-buses which hop, skip and jump to and fro between the beach resorts and everywhere else.

Buses to the following destinations leave from the Gran Terminal at Albrook: Chorrera, Arraijan/Capira, Central Provinces, Colon, David and Changuinola.

Buses In Panama City
Panama City has as many bus routes as bus designs. You normally pay the driver as you get off. To stop the bus, yell "parada".

TRAINS

TABOGA LAUNCHES

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES with regular passenger flights:

DOMESTIC AIRLINES

Domestic airlines fly from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport at Albrook with scheduled flights to all parts of the country. They also offer charter flights to any of the republic's 150 or more airstrips.

AEROPERLAS REGIONAL: Tel.: 315-7500

A list of Places Aeroperlas flies in Panama:

AIR PANAMA: Tel.: 316-9000

A list of places in Panama that Air Panama flies to:

AIRCRAFT & HELICOPTER CHARTER:

Blue Sky Jets: 264-9688 / 6616-7838
Helipan: Tel.: 315-0452/315-0453
Helix: 264-5155