Panama: Deaf Sugar Farmers
Joel visits the sugar farm in Chirique province that operated by Deaf farmers. Joel has the opportunity to join with them harvesting the sugar cane and see how cane becomes into brown sugar. Panama...
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Joel meets with well known Panama hat maker in La Pintada. He learns how to make a hat with him. Panama Tour sponsored by Sorenson
View ArticleA Day at Panama Canal
One of my dreams was to visit the Panama Canal, it was a lifelong recurring dream which finally became a reality! And a nice one, especially having someone special with me - A native Panamanian Deaf...
View ArticleRun in with Deaf Tribe
All of us awoke very early expecting to meet some unusually secluded people that only have had a peek into the window of civilization or rarely have ventured out into honking traffic in the glare of...
View ArticleDavid in the Province of Chiriqui: 4 Deaf Siblings and their Sugar Cane Farm
Our next destination: David, in the province of Chirique, it is located in west Panama. David is the capital city of Chirique Province. It is an affluent enough city with all the basic amenities that...
View ArticleChirique Highlands: Coffee Farm & Mora Winery
Visiting Panama, one of our plans were to visit a banana plantation, in a town by the border of Costa Rica two hours away from David. But, a protest by workers changed plans, they had a strike. We...
View ArticleStillness of Panama City
Sensing things quieting down on a Sunday, I took the opportunity to relax and get into the history books about Panama, after seeing so much the past few days, I wanted to reflect a little bit on...
View ArticleJourney to the Paradise Kuna Yala
It is quite a transition to go from the comfort of my sleek office to visiting the San Blas Islands Robinson Crusoe style, an archipelago of 365 islands which runs along the coast, now called Kuna...
View ArticleDeaf School in Panama City
I was puzzled while watching the boat driver navigate without any GPS, compass, or anything, because it was totally dark. Not even my pocket flashlight was enough, it shined on the boat itself only,...
View ArticleThe Panama Hat in La Pintada
As with every trip I make on behalf of DeafNation and my indebted sponsors, my goal is to bridge the gaps between nations for Deaf people with an entrepreneurial spirit, Deaf people that have jobs or...
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