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I couldn t believe where i was. i felt incredibly fortunate. i felt like i was doing what i set out to do. we were there for a couple of days. victor told us that it would be safer if we made contact with the farc now rather than later. he told us that a local commander with the farc would meet with us. we spent a whole day. we just hung out. but they never showed up. if the farc had showed up, that would have been a huge relief, but that didn t happen. and the following day, we left. leaving paya, i knew we were close to colombia. we were probably about a day or day and a half from the border. paya was our last village, and then beyond that, the really serious part began. ....
It was like a tremendous relief. we hiked all afternoon, and that afternoon we arrived in paya. coming into paya was much different than pucuro because they were expecting us. we made it to the last stop before you cross the border into colombia. that evening, we attended this tribal meeting. i can remember there is a group of young men kind of dancing in circles, playing their music, enjoying themselves. we ate fish and then rice and some bush meat, iguana. you eat what is served. and it was good. it was good. by that time, things were moving along pretty well, and we were able to negotiate with the chief for guides. ....
We camped at night and expected to be in colombia the following day. the next morning we woke up, we had breakfast. hey, robert, are you all packed? all packed. what about your hammock? and we continued. we knew that we were probably going to cross into colombia that day. right around noon, we decided to stop for lunch. and while we were eating, three men we knew from paya passed us. they were headed to the same village, and they were moving quite quickly. they had heavy bags, but they were moving much faster than we were. exchanged pleasantries and they were off. we knew we wouldn t see them again until we got there. so after lunch, we grabbed our stuff and we got back under way, and slightly after that, we were up on a ridge line. it was open. ....
I couldn t believe where i was. i felt incredibly fortunate. i felt like i was doing what i set out to do. we were there for a couple of days. victor told us that it would be safer if we made contact with the farc now rather than later. he told us that a local commander with the farc would meet with us. we spent a whole day. we just hung out. but they never showed up. if the farc had showed up, that would have been a huge relief, but that didn t happen. and the following day, we left. leaving paya, i knew we were close to colombia. we were probably about a day or day and a half from the border. paya was our last village, and then beyond that, the really serious part began. hiking through the jungle is ....
We re in the darien. we ve left the police outpost. and all we really have is victor. all i can think, stay with victor. stay with victor. if anyone is going to sort this out, victor is going to sort it out. victor kept his calm, and he walked directly to the chief s home. obviously they wanted to hear from us what we were doing there and what we were planning. victor negotiated with the tribe. [ speaking foreign language ] the next day, victor negotiated guides for us. the plan was for the guides to take us as far as paya, which was the last panamanian village. in just a matter of days, we ....