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Experience to see the sloths
Begin your weekend as many Panamanian households do, on the Amador Causeway. This man-made peninsula, constructed from rock unearthed through the Panama Canal’s building, connects what was as soon as a collection of small islands. From Moses Bike Leases (bicycle, $4 an hour), cruise the causeway’s protected bike freeway — stopping to gawk at huge container ships on the canal’s entrance or to suck down a pipa fria (iced coconut water) — to the Punta Culebra Nature Heart ($8 adults, $2 kids). (Most sights cost totally different admission charges for residents and foreigners.) A lesser-known different to the Frank Gehry-designed Biomuseo close by, this Smithsonian-run middle affords acres of tropical dry forest the place sloths sprawl overhead, child-sized iguanas guard the fountains and crab-eating raccoons prowl. The indoor reveals show moray eels, phosphorescent anemones and Panama’s well-known, and extremely toxic, golden frog.
