Bird's Eye View of the Chagres

San Blas

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February 18th 2008
This morning I got to the airport at 6:30 and boarded a tiny plane headed north to the San Blas islands - home to the Kuna Yala indians. The plane took us north over the Chagres and I got a sense of how huge it actually is. The area we covered yesterday was so small in comparison to the rest. After about 30 minutes a started to see a tiny islands of San Blas scattered in the ocean - all owned s ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Kuna Yala

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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