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Hawken,
James
1975
Journal
Panama: Boquete area
Hotel Panamonte, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama
16 August exposed hillside with low shrubs and orange
trees. It was distinctly different from other areas
found previously with an almost black dorsal
coloration and dorsal spines forming a slight mid-
dorsal spine from just behind the head to tail tip.
New leg was orangeish.
17 August 10 AM This morning I attempted to go up to the
crater of Volcan Chiriqui. However, I managed
to be driven up by Sr. Antonio Moreno, a local
merchant who owns a Land Rover type car.
We met shortly after 7:30 AM as planned and
headed up, but by 8 AM heavy rain
started and we could only make it as far as
1840 m. before his car couldn't make it up
the road because of mud. We returned to
Boquete and will try again maƱana - of a fast
ten bucks gone to Sr. Moreno!
18 August 10 PM Drove into David yesterday afternoon to
try to track down the scoop on the two men from
David who just blogged a trail from the
Continental Divide to the Bocas del Toro. They
evidently did it in a Land Rover (or equivalent),
and took a month in doing it (they just flew
back to David a few days ago). The only