Back from a Panamanian adventure

Croft Global Travel just returned from a fantastic trip to Panama. We spent 3 days in and around Panama City. Highlights included touring the Panama Canal Zone, Casco Viejo, the Financial District and the nightlife and good eats along Calle Uruguay.

We spent the remaining 7 days on a secluded island chain called Bocas del Toro. This remote region is lush with rain forest covered islands, fantastic beaches and can only be accessed by boat. We stayed on Isla Bastimentos with a non-profit started amigos called Give and Surf (www.giveandsurf.org).

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Top 41 Places to go in 2011 from the New York Times

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/travel/09where-to-go.html

Cream of the crop:
5. Milan, Italy
4. Iceland
3. Koh Samui, Thailand
2. San Juan Islands, Washington State
1. Santiago, Chile

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Top 10 Places that didn't exist 20 years ago from Lonely Planet

Check out the latest from Lonely Planet's Best in travel 2011.

Top 10 Places that didn't exist 20 years ago..

10. Kosovo
9. Montenegro
8. Kazakhstan (Borat!)
7. Bosnia & Herzegovina
6. Serbia
5. Palau
4. Slovakia
3. Eritrea
2. East Timor
1. Czech Republic

Lonely Planet's Top 10 Places to Learn to Cook like a Local...

Lonely Planet's Top 10 Places to Learn to Cook like a Local...
10. Goa, India
9. San Sebastian, Spain
8. Fez, Morocco
7. Tuscany, Italy
6. Chiang Mai, Thailand
5. Hoi An, Vietnam
4. Banks Peninsula, NZ
3. Oaxaca, Mexico
2. Istanbul, Turkey
1. Luang Prabang, Laos

Join Croft Global Travel in 2011 as we visit Istanbul in May and Spain in September. What better place to learn to cook like a local than the destination country itself!

Virginia man has been to 823 of the world’s 872 countries, territories, enclaves, islands, provinces

A pretty amazing story. A wealthy 45-year old from Vienna, Va. attempts to visit every corner of the earth. He holds the sweet distinction from the Guinness Book of World Records as the most well-traveled living human.

Three tips from the most-traveled man in the world:
1) pack light
2) arrive early
3) smile

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Back to Yucatan

Croft Global Travel heads to the warm waters of the Yucatan Peninsula again today. Our 3rd trip there in the past two years. Say goodbye to the freezing cold and wind. Our home base will be in Playa del Carmen with day trips to Tulum, Cozumel and Cenote dos Ojos. Not a bad way to escape the world of office cubicles and water coolers.

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