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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Jan 30 Panama

Today is beach day.  We signed up for snorkeling and a visit to the Island of Bastimentos which is a National Park.  The snorkeling was fine if a little cloudy.  The beach was nice also.  It wasn't big.  Only a kilometer long and we managed to walk around it twice in the couple hours we were there.

The only real downer were the 4 or 5 Panamanians in our group, who had a few too many beers and started to leave a trail of beer cans in their wake.  The beers didn't bother me much, but the trail of beer cans did.   It's awfully short sighted.   Leaving trash all over will quickly turn the paradise into a dump.  It's not just Panama, it's an unfortunate part of the culture in a lot of places.

Isle of Bastiimentos:

We walked around it twice.   Some locals were on the far side with a couple dogs and a campfire...RIGHT in front of the sign that said no  pets and no fires.....

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