Home Base

After about 1.5 hours of driving on windy, unpredictable roads we arrived at my sister's home in Coronado. Populated primarily by wealthy American ex-pats, Coronado boasts some of the driest weather in Panama. Economic disparities between classes here are hard to resolve simply. Much of the poverty in this country is a result of the dictatorial governments that have ruled this nation. Even the United States has left bloodstains here in its fervor to assert control over the Panama Canal. I will try to expound on this a bit more as I try to understand some of the political and social dynamics that have made this country what it is.

Despite it's past, Panama is a beautiful place and Coronado is one of it's prize jewels. On the left is a pic of the place we are staying in - a thoroughly modern Euro-style building that looks out over the Pacific Ocean.