View of the Stars
There was a really rickety iron spiral staircase leading to a platform where we could get a low-flying bird's eye view of the garden.
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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: Mountains of Boquete: both off-roading and coffee sipping
Date: February 23rd 2007
Having not gotten up early enough for the morning coffee tour (“this is where we pluck ‘em, this is where we roast ‘em,” etc.) we made our own coffee tour. Boquete as a town is basically laid out as a strip - it doesn’t radiate outwards from a central location like most towns, but lies along one main road that climbs slowly up the mountain. The entire region is known for good coffee, s ... read more
Date: February 23rd 2007
Having not gotten up early enough for the morning coffee tour (“this is where we pluck ‘em, this is where we roast ‘em,” etc.) we made our own coffee tour. Boquete as a town is basically laid out as a strip - it doesn’t radiate outwards from a central location like most towns, but lies along one main road that climbs slowly up the mountain. The entire region is known for good coffee, s ... read more
