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Transport
Taxis
Buses
Boats to Taboga
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: $50 round trip. • Tel: (507) 227-8648.
Ticabus services to San Jose, Costa Rica, leave
from Albrook every day at 11:a.m. • Round trip fare to Nicaragua
costs $80 and to Guatemala $106.10. • Tel: (507)
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 from between the beach resorts and about everywhere else.
Chorrera, Arraiján and Capira buses leave
from the Albrook Bus Station.
Central Provinces buses leave from the Albrook
Bus Station.
Colon buses leave from the Albrook Bus Station.
David buses leave from the Albrook Bus Station.
(Padafront).
Changuinola buses • Tel:
(507) 633-8835, Leave Panama daily from Albrook Bus Station at
8:00 p.m and 9.00 p.m, leave Changuinola 6:00 a.m y 7:00 p.m.
Fare:$24.
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”.
Boats
to Taboga
Calypso Queen • In Amador
Causeway • Tel: (507) 314-1730
