Martina and Luis crossing the Rio Teribe

It doesn't look that bad, but the current was SUPER strong. At first I was holding onto Josh, but he thought it was too amusing not to take a photo of so he insisted I go ahead while he stayed behind - I almost fell over many, many times! The bottom of the river was rocky, and slippery - but we made it, camera and all :)

Wekso Rainforest Ecolodge - La Amistad

August 16th 2006
So like I said in the last blog, Josh and I wanted to go to the rainforest in Panama (especially since we didn't have time to do so in Ecuador). We had read about a place called Wekso, which is an ecolodge on the mainland deep in the rainforest and within hiking distance of the Parque Nacional La Amistad - one of the few places on earth that is still considered somewhat unexplored. We made arran ... read more

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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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