The Tropics Are Beckoning

Step onto the tarmac at Tocumen International in Panama City and you’ll be greeted with warm, suffocating air. An environment that’ll make you second guess why you flew over in the first place. But, once inside the controlled climate of a rental car, you’ll traverse down to the beach and be greeted with a scene that reminds you why you bought the ticket: Perfect overhangs tinted green. Relatively empty and plenty beguiling — without the deception! American right-coasters Cory Lopez, Brett Barley and Robbie McCormick ventured into the jungles of Central America and The Caribbean to prove this point.