Surfing without a board

End in Sight

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February 18th 2006
(Editor's note--that means me-- I am transcribing these notes several weeks later on a day when a family emergency had given me one entirely sleepless night and several nights of troubled sleep. My mindset is about what it was on this morning on Bocas when I got out of bed.) Prickly. That is the word that came to mind when I staggered into the shower from that hard pallet of torture. If the b ... 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