Chiriquí Chatter

Today is Panama’s celebration for its Independence from Spain. I have had so much fun at the other parades lately, that I figured, I might as well take in another.
It was a beautiful day and perfect for a walk so let’s go.
This photo shows the progress of the new apartments that are on my to [...]

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Besides being the Independence from Spain Holiday, it is also the day that recognizes the firemen of David. This could be true all over Panama, but I do not know that. I heard yesterday that there was going to be the annual Parade of the Firemen in the evening. Since I had never seen it, [...]

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In case you missed the videos I took on the 10th, I will place a couple here. The rest are in the Chiriquí Chatter area of YouTube.

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Today was the holiday celebrating the call for Independence from Spain in Los Santos in 1821. I was able to take several photos and a few more videos from today’s festivities.
Today, I am going to do this post a little different. All of the photos from the parade are in the Chiriquí Chatter Photo Album. [...]

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I selected a few close-ups from the photos that I took of the Parade on the 3rd. It is too bad that the full sized photos can’t be displayed. There is much more detail than is obvious in the smaller 500 pixel width photos I use in the blog.
Here is a small sample of some [...]

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I spent about an hour watching just a small portion of the Independence Day parade. It started about 9:00 and will go until 3:00 or later. I think that most of the participants today were local to David. Tomorrow that will be another set from David and other areas of Panama. This is really a [...]

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