Do people really go to Panama? Why would they even do that though?

going through the Panama Canal is an experience like no other. I wouldn't do it again, however. Not as safe to travel these days.

T-shirts, cigars, straw hats, dreamcatchers, post cards, beadwork, handicrafts, keyrings, indian pipes.

It's very interesting. Friends have taken a cruise that goes through the canal, where you get to watch how the locks fill up. Panama, like the rest of Central America, is a lovely country, with many miles of coastline. Those ought to be very popular tourist destinations for Americans.

That is nice: Horbours.

Never been to Panama have you. Very interesting place and I hope to return someday.

I'll answer with FDR's favorite palindromic slogan:

"A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama!"

Yes