Immigration

Border Crossing: San Jose to Panama City

This scene could be emblematic of my trip. I’m standing outside the Tica bus station San Jose Costa Rica. A cool breeze whips up garbage from the streets. Behind me a yellow dog studies, then growls at the swirling offal. It’s late and I’ve been waiting for over an hour. The bus is rumored to [...]

Immigration or How to Stay in Panama

what’s your reason for wanting to live in [tag]Panama[/tag]? Do you imagine you’ll spend your final days here? Maybe be buried in a lead coffin off the coast of [tag]Porto Bello[/tag] like Francis Drake? Perhaps your reality is a bit more pedestrian and you’re hiding out from an angry wife, the tax man, or legal [...]