Bocas Del Toro

Panama Jack's

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May 7th 2006
Unfortunatly we left the beach without me learning how to surf properly, but I will definitly be giving it another try. We spent an uneventful night in San Jose on the way across to Carribean side of Costa Rica, most of the worlds bananas are grow here and man there were millions of them. A short walk across a very rickety bridge and we were in to Panama. Bocas del Toro is a small town on a g ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro

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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