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BERNIE KATCHOR’s Web Site |
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Panama: The Canal, the jungle and the flora and fauna... |
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Under the logs is a woman. Women do much of the manual labour in country Panama |
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Hundreds of varieties of Haleconia grow in the wild |
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Justos ran with these bananas for a few miles then ran back to hs farm for more |
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Walking in the jungle to study birds |
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A canoe coming towards us in a river |
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Typical island with village |
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Sailing Canoe |
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This large 6 ft wingspan frigate bird was rescued from the sea by an Indian. They bought it to us because of our interest in birds We unwrapped the fishing line from it and gave it brandy then I took the bedraggled bird ashore. After 60 minutes on one flap of its wings it rose 10 ft and was soon way above. It circled for 10 minutes (we said it was thanking us) then flew off. |
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Reading to children |
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Festivals for the church were frequent with the idols being carried around the streets. This one was preceded by ‘sinners’ crawling through the street with ‘friends’ dripping candle wax on them. I only hope this agony got them to heaven |
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Birdwatcing from the dinghy |
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Our life is never boring. There is always so much to do. |