One of the local dogs on Playa Wizard

What you can't tell from the photo is that moments before I took it this very dog peed on Josh's shirt, which he had carefully washed in the ocean post-mudslide and then laid out to dry on a small branch on the beach!

Bocas del Toro, or Caribbean Island Paradise

August 15th 2006
We flew (on a TINY plane) from Panama City's domestic airport to Bocas del Toro, about an hour-long flight. The airport in Bocas consists of one large-ish room, Baggage Claim of a guy passing out bags on the sidewalk outside. We managed to avoid getting scammed by the many men offering taxi rides to town (which is about 4 blocks away!) and walked into town. The main town, Bocas, is on Isla Colo ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro

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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