Puerto Viejo beach

Much Moving

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November 4th 2007
Yeah, I´m already in Panama. The flight in was good- the girl next to me on the plane was a local and she gave me a ride to a hotel that night, sparing me the trauma of trying to find one in the huge city at 1 am. It was a strange introduction to the country to be sitting in the back of a huge old Mercedes watching a Duran Duran DVD on a little LCD screen barely hanging from the roof of the car. ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro » Isla Colon

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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