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Climbing to Water Project

It is amazing how far the water travels to get to their village.
Travel to Embera Drua Water Project

March 3rd 2006
Today was a true National Geographic day for us. We woke up early and was met by members of the Panama Sur Club. There were also members of a club in Ohio. The Ohio club had helped fund some motors for the dug-out canoes that the Embera Drua village uses to transport people to their village. The village was re-populated by the government in order to show the traditional way that the Embera live. T ... read more
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Panamanian Flag With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more
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