Author: chrisjohnson0207
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Day 12: Cartagena
Wednesday The struggle for a decent internet connection continues. Drafts get lost and formatting is difficult, so I apologize for the tardiness of my posting. Colombia is one of eight or nine “mega diverse” countries in the world, meaning that the state contains severally vastly different ecosystems. Cartagena is the largest city along the Carribean…
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Day 11: Cartagena
I can not think of a better introduction to Colombia than the city of Cartagena. Brightly colored tight streets weave through diverse and growing communities, sweltering with the Carribean heat during the day and igniting with a goldenrod sunlight in the evening. Avenues are full of tourists buying delicious empanadas and ignoring (or not) the…
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Days 5-10: The San Blas Islands
Wednesday 8.6.2016-Monday 13.6.2016 Where to start, where to start… The past week has been one of the most beautiful of my life. Molly and I have spent five days as passengers on a sailboat, traveling between Porto Lindo, Panama and Cartagena, Colombia. We weaved in and out of the San Blas Islands, ate fresh lobster…
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Day 4: Panama City
The heat has claimed it’s first victim. Molly’s computer overheated last night, meaning that we get to investigate a new facet of Panamanian life today: access to consumer electronic repair. Which may not sound like much, but the more Molly and I talk about it, the more significant this aspect of life becomes. Think about…
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Day 3: Panama City
Nothing academic happened yesterday. The city had been getting more and more humid for several days until noon, when the sky opened up and rain drenched everything in sight. Molly and I had to spend the morning dealing with some unfinished business from Florida, and by the time we were ready to explore it was…
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