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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]
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] Blog: Bocas
Date: May 25th 2011
We traveled by bus to Bocas for our visa trip. After a short overnight stay in Puerto Viejo, we were picked up early and cramped into a small mini van headed for the Costa Rica/Panama Border. After a few hours we arrived at the border crossing. Unlike any border crossing I'd ever seen, tourists and nationals enter Panama by crossing a large river via a rather long decrepit and withering bri ... read more
Date: May 25th 2011
We traveled by bus to Bocas for our visa trip. After a short overnight stay in Puerto Viejo, we were picked up early and cramped into a small mini van headed for the Costa Rica/Panama Border. After a few hours we arrived at the border crossing. Unlike any border crossing I'd ever seen, tourists and nationals enter Panama by crossing a large river via a rather long decrepit and withering bri ... read more
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