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METETI |
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kilometres before Yaviza the highway passes through METETI , a small
roadside interiorano settlement that has grown in importance as an
administrative and commercial centre in recent years as a result of
insecurity closer to the Colombian border. Plans to build an airstrip
big enough to accommodate large military transport aircraft just outside
Meteti have raised concerns that the town has been earmarked as a base
for possible US intervention in Darién in the future. Meteti is the end
of the road for buses from Panamá City, but there are usually a couple
of buses a day that go on to Yaviza, and a side road leads some 20km
down to Puerto Quimba on the Pacific coast, where boats can be taken
across the Golfo de San Miguel to La Palma, the provincial capital.
Pick-up trucks leave Meteti for Puerto Quimba every 45 minutes or so
between 5.30am and 6pm. You can find accommodation at the Hotel Tres
Hermanos Ortiz (no phone; US$5-10) by the roadside; the restaurant next
door is simple but good. Meteti is also not a bad place to organize an
expedition into the Comarca Emberá Cemaco to the north - you can
probably find a guide and a canoe to take you down the Río Meteti to the
Río Chucunaque, which forms the southern border of the comarca and runs
parallel to the highway to Yaviza. Expect to pay US$10-20 a day for each
guide, much more (for gas) if the canoe is motorized. |
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