Is Green Giant still located there? My next exposure to hispanics (I was born and raised in a little rural mountain town in east Tennessee, so we never saw them at that time) was when I was stationed at Marine Barracks, Rodman Canal Zone, for guard duty. Frequent trips into Panama City and Coco Solo over on the other side of the isthmus really improved my Spanish, and game me an appreciation for life in America. The level of squalor in Panama City at that time was something to behold! Although it's been many years since my enlistment, I can still speak basic Spanish with ease when dealing with my landscaper here or other situations that call for it.
Is Green Giant still located there? My next exposure to hispanics (I was born and raised in a little rural mountain town in east Tennessee, so we never saw them at that time) was when I was stationed at Marine Barracks, Rodman Canal Zone, for guard duty. Frequent trips into Panama City and Coco Solo over on the other side of the isthmus really improved my Spanish, and game me an appreciation for life in America. The level of squalor in Panama City at that time was something to behold! Although it's been many years since my enlistment, I can still speak basic Spanish with ease when dealing with my landscaper here or other situations that call for it.
I went to Panama City a few years ago and to visit the Panama Canal. The poverty and crime are awful.
Ah well, some things never change.