Long Road to Panama

Neighbor Kim Hill, right, checks in on Faith Smith. Faith has never been through hurricane.

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Michael was her first, after moving to Panama City from the North. The Category 4 cyclone destroyed the local grocery store she works at, and without a job or a home, she may have to move. She said the storm and the weeks that followed have been terrifying. Barry has lived through some rough hurricanes, but said Michael was the worst one yet. His canvas shoes are riddled with holes from walking through the debris, stepping on nails and shards of wood. Kathleen and Mark Gillman weathered the storm in the hallway of their home. Kathleen said the walls and doors shook and rattled as Michael ripped through their neighborhood.

After the storm passed, she and her husband set up camp — a couple of chairs underneath a canopy and a cooler — outside the home with a sign warning against looters. She feels lucky to be alive. Sherry Price lives right behind the neighborhood walking track and playground where trees cracked in half.

The sounds of splintering wood pierced her ears.

She knows she fared better than some of her neighbors. James and Dee Haney have been helping their neighbors despite suffering severe damage to their own home. Parker, although not the same, is in a way, stronger. The sense of community the residents have adopted is palpable as you walk through the streets. They are still hurting, but the first thing they will tell you is that they are still alive.

The Villages Department of Safety reported responding to at least 86 accidents involving golf carts in Sixty-three of these involved injuries.

Darién Gap

What remains is barely recognizable. Morning News in In the s, the gap was briefly joined by ferry service, provided by Crucero Express , but this company ceased operations in There have been several notable crossings by foot. In , George Meegan crossed the gap on a similar journey. He too started in Tierra del Fuego and eventually ended in Alaska.

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His biography, The Longest Walk , describes the trip and includes a page chapter on his foray through the Gap. In , as a part of his Goliath Expedition —a trek to forge an unbroken footpath from the tip of South America to the Bering Strait and back to his home in England— Karl Bushby UK crossed the gap on foot, using no transport or boats, from Colombia to Panama.

Accompanied by 11 and 13 year old Lico and Juan from Paya, the survivors report several big trees falling around them and river levels rising up to 3 meters that night.

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In evangelist Arthur Blessitt traversed the gap while carrying a foot wooden cross, a trek confirmed by Guinness World Records as part of "the longest round the world pilgrimage" for Christ. Traveling alone with a machete plus one backpack crammed with water bottles, a hammock, Bible, notepad, lemon drops, and Blessitt's signature Jesus stickers saying "Smile! God Loves you", Blessitt describes his experience in a book, The Cross , and in a full-length movie of the same name. These trips used a combination of whatever transport was available: These groups were made up of male and female participants from any number of nationalities and age groups, and were led by experienced trek leaders.

Furthermore, combatants from Colombia even entered Panama, occupied some Panamanian jungle villages and kidnapped or killed inhabitants and travelers. This route may entail flying to Ecuador taking advantage of that nation's liberal visa policy , and attempting to cross the gap on foot. The two were held captive for nine months and threatened with death before eventually being released unharmed and without a ransom being paid.

In , Robert Young Pelton , on assignment for National Geographic Adventure magazine, and two traveling companions, Mark Wedeven and Megan Smaker, were detained for one week by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia , a pro-government paramilitary organization, in a highly publicized incident. His skeletal remains were recovered in June with evidence he had been killed with a shot to the head.

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