Waiting for the tide

Boca Brava

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February 9th 2008
So it continues ..... (I'm posting this after the fact, but the date reflects when I was actually there) On Wednesday morning, Grace, Cody and I left the Purple Hell for a small island on the Pacific called Boca Brava. From David it should have been a one hour bus ride to a town called Horconcitos. We sat on the bus waiting for it to leave the station for almost an hour and a half. The bus s ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama

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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