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Panama Land and Water - Thursday 2010 February 11

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February 14th 2010
Breakfast this morning included plantain – boiled whole then fried and lightly coated in a sweet honey sauce. That great plantain flavour is in these plantains ripened on the plant. I had lots, with a couple of very bland chorizo sausages. The bus took us back to Panama City and out to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casco_Viejo,_Pana ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama Canal

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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