Islas Secas Resort
Travel Blogs from Chiriqui
Panama Canal......
... was amazing to see the canal and how it worked. A big cargo ship, and small sail boat went through it while we were there. We decided to get on the road again today and leave the city and head north to a town called David. This is about 7 hours North of Panama city, so the rest of the day was spent on the ...
The first three days of community health clinicals
... in the US and in Panama. When we arrived at the clinic, there were very few patients. The clinic was originally supposed to be closed for the day because both doctors were going to San Felix. We sat with Dr. Eric as he spoke with a patient who is HIV positive and has Tb. The patient has been receiving his Tb treatment every day (religiously) for the last few weeks/since diagnosis. There are no antivirals in Panama right now. They have been ...
All aboard the party bus to the jungle!
... 6 showers (no hot water), 6 toilets, and 3 sinks.
We have dinner and seminar to go over our plans for the week. There are three villages that we will be working will we are here so they break us up into three groups. My group is Bekah, Amanda, Lauren, David, and Chanel and our group supervisor is Jessica. I am so glad that we got Jessica as she is Puerto Rican and speaks fluent Spanish and also seems really nice and cool.
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Late Night Fishing Expedition
... and he was bleeding slightly. When we saw this, I made my way back into our boat and retrieved our first aid kit, and made sure that we cleaned his wound and dressed it so that it would not become infected. He was grateful and after giving him a drink of cool water, he went back out into the darkness to continue his fishing. What a night. We were grateful that this man had not hurt himself, and that during his struggle to free his net, he had ...
Streetblockades
... We decided to continue on walking on the other side of the blockade. By then it was 12.30pm and really, really hot. We walked again for more than half an hour in the hope of finding a taxi or bus that would be able to bring us further to Santiago. That was not the fact as the cars, buses and trucks waiting blockes all lanes. Further along the way we meet several passengers who were also coming from where we had started and ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Restaurant
- Business Services
- Kids activities or Babysitting