Panama (March 2018): Across the Cordillera Central from Boquete to Caribbean Coast (Day 3)

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On that day we lost much elevation to reach sea level. We passed by an increasing number of Ngobe-Bugle settlements and we forded more and more rivers. With loss of elevation sun became our enemy.

 

Early morning at the Ngobe-Bugle house where we spent the night.

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View toward the Caribbean Sea, with Laguna de Chiriqui (connected to the sea) visible on the right.

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Path among cacao trees.

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Pattern of banana tree cross-sections.

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Young sloth trying to climb back in its tree.

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Meeting with the car at the end of the trek, near the main road back to Boquete.

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