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Some countries name their currency to honor people famous in their history: bolivar (Venezuela) for the liberator of South America, Simón Bolívar; sucre (Ecuador) for Antonio José de Sucre, chief lieutenant of Bolívar and liberator of what is now Ecuador at the battle of Pichincha in 1822 near Quito; colón (Costa Rica, El Salvador) for Christopher Columbus; balboa (Panama) for Vasco Núñez de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; lempira (Honduras) for the 16th-century Indian chief who is a national symbol of liberty and valor for resisting the Spanish advance; and córdoba (Nicaragua) for Francisco Hernández de Cór doba, first acting governor.
If you are happier to leave the seamanship to someone else, then take a harbor cruise at Marina del Rey, San Pedro, or the Balboa Peninsula.
Parasailing is a new and trendy sport; you can try it at the Balboa Pavilion.
This said quietly, reverentially, as if she were Balboa discovering the Pacific.
The superb 1,200-acre (462-hectare) Balboa Park is situated northeast of Horton Plaza just up 6th Avenue.