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welcome to panama

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July 15th 2007
well, we made it to panama! yesterday we took a 6am bus out of san jose to sixaola, where we walked across the border (a shanky, falling down, railroad bridge. after waiting in the heat for our stamps, we finally crammed into a van...and the door fell off. oy vey. anyways, they got back on...kinda...and we had a 30 min ride to changuinola where we caught a marine taxi to bocas del toro. chad LOVE ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro

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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