“I hear Bocas Del Toro is changing,” a friend warned as I prepared a return visit to the idyllic Panamanian archipelago that served as my home several years ago. The face of Bocas has been evolving ever since the arrival of Columbus in 1502, adapting bit by bit to the barrage of new cultures trying to lay claim to their piece of paradise. Suzan Crane sets out to discover just how much of its quaint reggae ambiance and idiosyncratic character had succumbed to development and burgeoning tourism since she’d last visited?
Originally published in Landings, Nature Air’s in-flight magazine. DOWNLOAD