The affectionate hostel mutt

Heading for the hills to Boquete

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May 23rd 2008
Day 208: Panamerican passage to the hills beyond Not wanting to be searching out new lodgings in the dark, I had to set off early this morning, and having got up before the pervy security guard had poked his nose round the door, I got a taxi to the bus terminal and caught the eight o'clock bus to David. Fairly uneventful, the journey was fairly restricted to the usually tarmacked roads of the P ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Chiriquí » Boquete

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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