Visiting the Rosas Scobie family in Panama March 1 to 9, 2008 Well we said good bye to Joe and Cathy at 6 a.m. in Granada, Nicaragua on February 29th and waited on the steps of the bus depot trusting the bus would come. We had bought tickets on Tica -the only bus that runs to Panama from Nicaragua and were psyched for our land travel to David, Panama and seeing my brother Tom and his family. The fare was $50. USD each. The bus arrived at 7 a.m. and was pretty comfortable, the air conditioning was not too bad…..about one and a half hours later we were crossing the border at Penas Blancas into Costa Rica. People everywhere selling hammocks, wooden bowls, food, crafts, kids begging, and more….paid our $3. USD exit fee and the
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