General

My first meeting with Miriam occurred when the Community Outreach Team went up to the school to introduce the new interns for Summer 2012. 

Living simply in the valley has been steadily improving. Twenty-eight days have flown by and I feel very comfortable out in basecamp. It is

Today I visited Bella Vista. Not Bella Vista, Panama City, but truly a bella vista: beautiful view. We hiked up a decidedly tortuous trail

Now, with the title of this blog, you may think that I’m referring to the beach, however, that’s actually not the case. But I’ll come back

As the second stint of the summer comes to a close, both the Valley and its inhabitants begin to bare unmistakable traces of one another’s

Just a Little Bit of Panama.... Before flying into Panama my perception of the valley was significantly different from what I have come to