smiley fish

Panama

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October 1st 2008
Please revisit the last entry as I've added more photos (-: Costa Rica - Panama Walked across a rickety old bridge into Panama….very unceremonial! Took a taxi van to the water taxi dock, passing many banana packing factories. About an hour to Bocas Del Toro on Isla Colon …. Lovely place. Hot and sticky but seem to be fewer mossies. Took a boat trip with an indigenous guy (called Martine) to n ... 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