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{{infobox Country|country = of Panama|in = Central America|language = Spanish|capital = [[Panama City]]|pop = 3,309,679|currency = Balboa (PAB) and/or U.S. dollar (USD)|hitch = <rating country='pa' />}}[[File:Katja and Augustas hitchiking in Panama.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Hitchhikers [[Katja and Augustas]] on the road in Panama.]]'''Panama''' is a country in [[Central America]]where hitchhiking happens most readily. Roads north of Panama city are brilliant. Roads to the south are atrocious, and worsen as you approach [[Yavisa]]. Hitch-hiking is called ''viajar a lift'', you can say you are ''buscando un lift hacia...'' (''looking for a lift towards...'').

There are Panama has borders with [[Costa Rica]] in to the North and [[Colombia]] in to the South. But However, there are no roads to [[Colombia]]. There is a way To get to go through Colombia see the jungle, but it's extremely dangerous, due to article on the Colombian 'guerillas'. [[Darién Gap|Darien Gap]]

To find == Personal Experiences ==:''I wasn't so lucky, and the way by boats, simply immigration official asked me for a ticket proving that I was leaving Panama. He told me to go buy a 25 dollar ticket from Panama City to San Jose. Instead I went into an internet cafe and made a fake ticket that convinced him I was flying back to Chicago from PanamaCity. Crashed at plenty of fire stations, reach Darien province and start asking people how and where got a discount on a boat cruise to Colombia, but you can do better...''-[[User:Chael777|Chael777]]:''In Panama is easy to ride, mostly all the pickup cars will just stop. And if you get boats sick of waiting for a ride all the buses will be slowing down near the place you try to hitchhike and which villages to pass byinvite you in, for a cheaper price. There is a ''-[[httpUser://wwwAjeremias|Ajeremias]]:''I had the same experience as Chael777: guy at the border (route 36 in Bocas del Toro) also refused to let anybody in without a plane ticket.umdiewelt Like Chael777, I was able to forge one on the computer in the internet cafe.de/Die Hitchhiking in Panama takes an hour on average, but for longer rides it's usually still faster than buses, which drive slower and stop more frequently.'' -Amerikas/Suedamerika/Kolumbien/Reisebericht-723/Kapitel-23[[User:Dr.htmlKeith| german GuyKeith]] who hitchhiked :''Entring the country i was forced to show a ticket back to my own country, and a paper proving 500$ in my account. As the Darian Gaproad system is very simple, with the PanAmericana crossing the country, and some secondery roads crossing verticaly, most the traffic will go same rout, however while waiting in those highways seem long going out of cities, getting towards them from smaller routs is almost too easy. ''-[[User:Aqua|Aqua]]

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