Chiriquí Chatter

I am off to San Jose this morning. Will return in four or five days. You all be good now.

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I mentioned yesterday that I made an unexpected trip to Costa Rica last Thursday. Today, I will explain the purpose of the trip. I am not sure how to best describe the time I spent since it was not a joyous occasion.
Panama is my home and one of the reasons I like it here is [...]

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You may have noticed that I have been away for a few days. I had to make an unexpected trip into Coast Rica driving a car and I thought I would post a little of what was required to do that. The following took place from 9:00AM until about 4:30 PM last Thursday. There was [...]

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I spent a little time over in Costa Rica Saturday and Sunday. While I was there I happened to see some kids playing and it dawned me that adults need to be more like children. It takes very little to make them happy.
Here are a couple of photos of some kids having the greatest time [...]

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While I didn’t get very deep into Costa Rica, I did notice a couple of things. The roads in Costa Rica were noticeably worse than here in Panama. You really need to pay attention if you drive there. Some of those potholes could do serious damage to any size car.
I also noticed that there is [...]

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I had to record the fact that I had spent some time in Costa Rica, so I took a single photo in Río Claro while I was waiting for a taxi to take me back to Paso Canoas.

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Last Saturday, I took a short trip into Costa Rica. While I was out walking I came upon these coconut trees. Once in a while you will see them in Panama, but I have never had my camera with me and captured any photos.
What makes these trees unusual is that they put the coconuts within [...]

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Back in December I had a post related to ecological problems in Corcovado, Costa Rica. From the Yahoo groups I noticed that yesterday, the New York Times had an article related to the continuing struggle. The article is labeled “Rain Forest Gets Too Much Rain, and Animals Pay the Price”.
This is a very good article [...]

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The following post was on one of the Yahoo Groups for Panama.
Date: Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:30 am
Subject: Passing on important info…Corcovado, Costa Rica
The Old factotum is very sad after being e-mailed of a
possible ecological disaster in the making inside
Corcovado National Park.
A GalloPintoer friend of that beautiful place has
written me of personal observations over [...]

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