Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.

Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

All right.

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

And don't get us started on Mel.

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.

Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.

P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.

This is John Batcheter, conversation with Michael Jan in Okinawa, but we're reflecting upon Michael's 21, 22, 23, and 24 visit to the Darien Gap to the Texas border where the migrants, the refugees,

come through from Colombia to Panama to the gap and then north Costa Rica

onto the Mexican border with Texas and then into the United States. In this instance we're focusing on

2023 the phenomenon of the numbers of Chinese nationals arriving at the Garion Gap going up dramatically.

So much so that it's been a mystery ever since why.

The Chinese fly into Kito, the capital of Ecuador, where until weeks ago it wasn't necessary

to have an entry visa.

You could just fly in and get one at the gate.

That is no longer the case.

From Ecuador you bus to Columbia, you cross Columbia, take a boat, land on either the Colombian side of the Darien Gap or the Panama side of the Darien

Gap through triple canopy jungle to awaiting camps, one the largest San Vicente. the and Michael speaks to

speaks to retaliation apparently possibly coincidentally or not by the Chinese government that built a very large

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