WHY WE LIVE IN PANAMA 2: A pictorial record

The response to the Why We Live in Panama photo contest has been tremendous and it will continue for the coming months, building up to a major exhibition.

A selection of the photos will appear in Newsroom and those readers who submitted photos by 

Kuna Yala

August 21 will have their names put into a hat and will receive two tickets for the Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre performance on August 26 or 27 .

The competition will be extended until March 1, 2014, and at least one photo from each collection submitted will appear in a photographic exhibition with big prizes, organized in conjunction with the CanadaPLUS Club later in the year
A selection of photos will  appear in 

Newsroom. If your photos appear in Newsroom, at least one will be selected for the exhibition.

There will be prizes valued at over $5,000, so start sifting through your photo files.
When submitting photos please say where they were taken and make the subject of your e-mail “Living in Panama”.

As many photos appearing in Newsroom end up in Google Images, we cannot protect copyrights/
Feel free to make verbal comments on why you live in Panama, like those submitted with today’s pictures from Melanie Holmes, in Panama
“There are lots of reasons why we like living in Panama.When we first 

Embara child

visited the country we were greeted with so many smiles and such kind, helpful people. It really touched our hearts. 

We like that there are so many cultures existing in harmony, both indigenous and non-natives.”

For previous submissions, go to the search box and type: Live in Panama