Saturday, January 9, 2010

Portabelo

Lilly lazing on the hammock in Portabelo.
















Shells for sale. $5 for the large conc shells. I used to buy these in Key West in about 1955 for $.50















Clay learning fishing from his Dad.


















John with Linda and Doug in front of the Church of the Black Christ. It is a carving of Jesus, shown as black. It is quite famous.













Our house where we stayed in Portabelo.















The bay in Portabelo, which was discovered by Columbus on one of his later excursions.














Portabelo was a significant fortification. Gold from the slave trade was stored here. The escaped slaves' descendants account for the darker skinned Panamanians on the Caribbean coast.














Lonnie and Stacia in the fort.




















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