Penonomé & Toabré

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Panama - Part Two

During the week, Yami invited me to spend a day with her at her clinic, in the tiny hamlet of Toabré in the hills outside Penonome. In order for dentists and doctors to receive permission from the government to work as medical professionals in Panama, upon completion of their degree/doctorates, they must complete two years as an intern, which basically involves working for the Ministry of Health in the ‘interior’ of Panama (i.e in the country, away from Panama City). New dentists and doctors are assigned clinics in which they will work, and are provided accommodation.

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by Roy Posted on 2 March 2009
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Pedasi

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Panama - Part Two

Days 282 to 293 – Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 9th July 2006

I arrived in Panama City in mid afternoon, and didn’t want to travel out to Penonome that same day so I checked in at Zuly’s, the hostel I stayed at back in February, and caught up with goings on in the World Cup, before heading to Penonome to see Yami the following morning.

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by Roy Posted on 25 February 2009
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New home

I have created a new home for the blog about Latin America, to which I have added new ‘About‘, ‘Planning‘ and ‘Route‘ information pages, which summarise the whole blog and provide equipment lists and reviews. I will be adding the final chapters in the coming days, with trip conclusions to bring everything to a long overdue close.

There is also a link in the top right hand corner of the site entitled 2005/06 Latin America, which if you click on it will take you directly to the site.

All of this is being done with a view to making this the home page for the next instalment of my travels, further details of which will be coming soon.

by Roy Posted on 23 February 2009
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Panama & San Blas Islands

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Panama - Part Two

Days 265 to 281 – Sunday 11th to Tuesday 27th June 2006

I flew back to Panama, spent a week with Yami and returned to Cartagena. I then tried to go south to Medellin, but the buses were a little bit of a problem due to the FARC in the region, so I decided to take another route, via boat from Colombia back to Panama. The trips are organised regularly, and sailed whenever there were enough people on-board. I called the Captain of one boat, arranged my ticket, and as luck would have it, we sailed the next day (Thurs 22nd June).

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by Roy Posted on 13 February 2009
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