Videos from Panama (mostly rain!)

Leaving Ukupseni Village on Thursday afternoon by boat gives an impression of the size of the village.

About 1/3 of the current island is built on landfill because the Community is running out of room.  Children account for over 60% of the current population of roughly 2000.  The population can swell to 3000 or more during festivals.

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Earlier in my time here, I recorded several intense rainstorms.  The sound and the volume are amazing - and when you think about how much water actually fell, well, they were remarkable storms.  But not all that unusual here in Panama!

Rain in Panama City is fierce and this was my first experience of the effects of sudden downpours on the traffic.  In the first video, we are heading in one direction, and in the second, we are heading the opposite direction at the same spot so you can see it a bit more dramatically.

These 2 videos were taken during a torrential downpour just as we were leaving the UTP Regional Center in David.

This final video is of our driver, Sr. Sanchez, navigating through David following the heavy downpour recorded above on campus.  It was incredibly intense - so intense that it flooded the streets. of David.  (Please forgive the early attempt to show the action out the side window!)