Did You Know

Watch the Sun Rise on the Pacific, Set on the Atlantic

Watch the Sun Rise on the Pacific, Set on the Atlantic
Richie Gomez

Did you know that in Panama you can watch the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic? The isthmus twists into an east-west S-shape, so the Pacific lies to the south and the Caribbean to the north — flipping the geography most travelers expect. Both coasts are barely an hour apart by car.

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