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Destinations Editor Eric Moya recently visited Panama as a guest of the Westin Playa Bonita in Panama City, spending time on the country's Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Pictured, Isla Grande off the Caribbean coast.

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Panama: Coast to coast

Destinations Editor Eric Moya recently visited Panama as a guest of the Westin Playa Bonita in Panama City, spending time on the country's Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Pictured, Isla Grande off the Caribbean coast. Photo Credit: Eric Moya

Destinations Editor Eric Moya recently visited Panama as a guest of the Westin Playa Bonita in Panama City, spending time on the country's Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Pictured, Isla Grande off the Caribbean coast.

The Church of San Felipe in Portobelo, in Panama's Colon province, was built in 1814.

The Black Christ statue at the Church of San Felipe. The statue, said to date to the 1600s, is celebrated during a festival every Oct. 21.

Another Black Christ statue, in the waters off Portobelo.

The San Jeronimo fort in Portobelo was built in the 16th and 17th centuries.

San Jeronimo cannons left behind by would-be plunderers.

They're seen less frequently in Panama City these days, but colorfully painted diablo rojo buses are still a common sight in Colon.

Ships transiting the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal.

At the American Trade Hotel in Panama City's Casco Viejo neighborhood, a staircase is decorated with reproductions of graffiti that lined the building's walls before it was renovated. The property opened as a hotel in 2013.

A vendor at the Mercado de Mariscos in Panama City.

The entrance to Panama City's Chinatown.

A view from a balcony at the Westin Playa Bonita as ships pass through the Panama Canal.