Globe Trekker

Panama & Colombia

Season 11, Episode 22 of 27

Megan takes a trip through Colombia and Panama, two countries that are refreshingly untouched by mass tourism. In Panama City, Megan tries different Panama hats, which she learns are really from Ecuador but were misnamed as far back as the1850s when Americans were building the railroad during the Gold Rush. She visits the Panama Canal, the crucial byway that generates $1 billion a year for the Panamanian economy. In Colombia, Megan finds herself witness to a point-blank shooting. Undeterred, she decides to learn more about the country's crime-ridden history. She stops by Bogota's police museum to see an exhibition of the infamous drug dealer Pablo Escobar, and then visits the Caribbean coast and the beautiful historic city of Cartagena, where she learns about the city's Spanish colonial past and listens to some of Colombia's most popular rhythms, Vallenato.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
9/28/2012
noon
9/28/2012
8 p.m.
9/29/2012
3 a.m.
9/29/2012
11 a.m.
9/30/2012
7 a.m.
10/1/2012
9 p.m.
10/2/2012
3 a.m.
3/1/2013
noon
3/1/2013
8 p.m.
3/2/2013
3 a.m.
3/2/2013
11 a.m.
3/4/2013
9 p.m.
3/5/2013
3 a.m.
3/10/2013
7 a.m.
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