Chiriquí Chatter

We have reached the end of another year. It seems like each successive year passes just a little faster than the previous. I have enjoyed taking you along with me on my daily journeys and plan on continuing doing the same in 2007.
The end of the year is always a time of reflection. What should [...]

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I want to make sure that it is understood that I respond to all Emails that I receive. If you send one and do not get a reply, it is because I didn’t see it. I have a spam filter and it must capture over 100 spam emails a day. I try to make a [...]

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If you remember I visited Parque Omar back in July. However, that day I didn’t get to stay as long as I wanted. This morning I went out and was able to take a few more photos. It was luck that I went this morning as it is raining this afternoon.
The park is still set [...]

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I have been in Panama City for several days and have only left the apartment once to buy one Christmas gift I couldn’t get in David. I am planning on getting out today. I see that the sun is out and maybe the rains will take a break. I am close to Parque Omar and [...]

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I don’t understand it, but I have had a couple of people that have written me emails while I have been in Panama City and when I respond, the response just stays in my out box saying that the receiver’s server is rejecting the email.
Some of my emails go out and a few don’t. If [...]

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Something must be wrong with the rain gods. They seem to have forgotten that this is the dry season. If they are waiting for a virgin sacrifice in Panama, it may rain for some time. It rained in Panama City yesterday and it has rained most of today.
It is definitely giving me incentive to finish [...]

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There was a slight power outage this morning in Panama City. It was somewhere around 7:00 Am. It must not have lasted over 15 seconds, but it caused me to be without Internet for 3 hours.
Not really a problem since I brought several books. Currently I am reading “Golden Buddha”. It is the first Clive [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
December 25, 2006
And when it’s all over and when it’s all done,
And the packages are all opened, every one.
It is time to sit back and count each of our joys,
It is really the family, it is not clothes or toys.
It was coming together and seeing the smiles,
It’s the hugs and the [...]

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It seems that the most Google searches that bring people to Chiriquí Chatter in December is related to Christmas Traditions in Panama. I don’t know if this is a typical teacher exercise for students living in a cold region to get the students to think about Christmas in a warmer part of the world or [...]

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Yesterday I went to an ARROCHA in Panama City and decided to see if I could get permission to take photos of their Christmas decorations. After tracking down the store supervisor I was abruptly told that photos were not allowed under any circumstances in ARROCHA, where upon she turned her back on me and made [...]

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