You have to have a fan down here. The key to any level of comfort is moving air. If you have that then all is right with the world and life can go on; it’s that simple. We are in the doldrums of summer (winter for Norte America), the dry season. This means that it [...]
Archive for January, 2009
49.5 Birth of the Cool
Posted in Panama, consumerism, culture, environment, weather, tagged Add new tag, Colon, commerce, culture, Panama, weather on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
49. Public Health Care
Posted in Panama, culture, government, tagged Colon, culture, gov't services, Panama, philosophy of work, poor people on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coco Solo Hospital does not have an ear, nose and throat specialist. He will, it appears, visit Colón twice a month. After a week of waiting, Wilma finally gets to see the doctor. He cannot test her ear because this hospital doesn’t have the equipment. He prescribes some ear drops for her in the mean [...]
