Panama (March 2018): Across the Cordillera Central from Boquete to Caribbean Coast (Day 2)

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Gorgeous dawn seen from Lauriano′s finca (waypoint 14).

View toward the Caribbean Sea.

Leaving the finca.

Another finca with citrus trees along the way.

Alto Romero, a major Ngobe-Bugle settlement along the way.

Ngobe-Bugle woman in her traditional kitchen, with an external platform to prepare dishes and wash ustensils.

The same woman and her child.

School in the settlement.

Another small settlement.

Two Ngobe-Bugle women in their typical dress. Each carries a chacara (″kra″ in Ngabere indigenous language), a woven bag made from plant fibers. A child is sitting ontop the chacara of the first woman, while the second woman adjusts his position.

Ngobe-Bugle settlement where we spent our second night (waypoint 18). The thatched house is the kitchen. The largest house on pilotis is where the family lives. Note the wooden pipe between this house and the blue container used to collect rain water.

Woman carrying water to the kitchen.

Left: Same woman as above. Right: Grandmother with grandson.

In the kitchen.

Lauriano enjoying the kitchen′s hammock.

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