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Hauken,
James
1975
Journal
Panama- Cerro Punta to Panama City - Boquete
Hotel Fundador, Panama City, Panama Province,
Panama
14 August feeling on road hills.
Hotel Fundadores, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama
15 August 10 PM Saw Jim Lynch off at the Tocumen airport
this AM, then bought more supplies and tried
unsuccessfully to obtain a 4 wheel drive vehicle
from the Smithsonian people. Left Panama
City at 11 AM and arrived here at ~7:30 PM
I stopped in Santiago at the Ministerio de
Agricultura y Desarrollo to pick-up my
exportation permit, but the Director-General
wasn't satisfied with the form drawn up by
one of his underlings and refused to sign it;
I was told to come back again in ten days on
my way back to Panama City. The weather
today was excellent for driving, with some
rain in spots but also long periods of direct
sunlight. Even when the sky was overcast the
clouds were high and visibility excellent for
miles (usually only the tops of the highest mountains to
the Nwere obscured by clouds, if at all).
The bright sunlight evidently had an effect
on reptile activity as one snake was
found 500 yds W of the E
border of Chiriqui Province, where the road