Coffee & Chocolate

Boquete and the flower & coffee festival

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January 16th 2023
Less than an hour away from David on the bus was the hill town of Boquete. It's famous for flowers and coffee in Panama, and we arrived in the middle of the festival devoted to those two products. Sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately it meant music blaring out until 5am meaning most of our waking hours were spent in a bleary-eyed daze. I think visiting at another time would leave you with a ver ... 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