Friday May 18th, 2007 by Brian
I’m sitting poolside on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica writing on my phone as the day winds down. I am about to recount, for the second time, our time in Bocas del Toro in Northeastern Panama since my prior literary genius is on the desktop of my stolen laptop (next to my stolen passport, ipod, wallet, drivers license and $200 in cash).
Although this theft is certainly the most frustrating part of my trip to date, our last stopping point in Panama was a Carribean island fantasy.
Bocas is an archipelago of located close to the Costa Rican border. We took a one-hour turboprop plane ride with Air Panama that featured a last-second aborted landing. On our …
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Thursday May 10th, 2007 by Brian
Si usted tiene mi mochillo del autobus con mi computadora y pasaporte, pagaria mucho dinero sin preguntas para devolverlo. Mandeme un email a brian at vfive.com.
If you stole my laptop two hours ago on the San Jose – Fortuna bus and have my passport and computer, I will pay you a reward with no questions asked. There are photos and sentimental things that I want back; you can keep the cash.
Yes… I let my guard down for a moment on a horrendous 8-hour bus trip (that should have been 4) and someone knicked my bag with my passport, computer and important papers. The papers and passport have no value except sentimental but I will gladly pay to …
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