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People s Bank of Darien donates $10,000 to Corbin Cares Staff FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 People’s United Bank generously donated $10,000 to the Corbin Cares Phase Two initiative, in partnership with The Darien Foundation.Robin Nelson, back, left, Sarah Woodberry, Matthew Cummings; Roberto Sancho, front, left, Marjan Murray, Maria Rigakos, Alma Monticchio, David Genovese, Ward GlassmeyerKatharine CalderwoodShow MoreShow Less 2of3 One of the financial institutions in the town recently gave the money to the philanthropic initiative in partnership with The Darien Foundation for pandemic efforts.DOUG MILLS / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 3of3 DARIEN When People’s United Bank’s management team learned about the Corbin Cares initiative, the bank immediately signed on to contribute. Executive Vice President of Commercial Real Estate, Marjan Murray shared that the bank has a strong commitment to supporting the communities they serve. ....
I kind of road tripped down from colorado. that was an important part of the trip, was to really get off the tourist track. i wanted to go back to colombia in a way that was meaningful to me. i could fly or take a boat. it was like kung fu or something, the fact that i would be going there. you could take a road and it ends in panama, that s it. but to get to colombia, you have to cross a darion gap. the darion is kind of myth cal. it s hundreds of miles. it s challenging, this idea to cross the darien. frightening. but why should it be easy? i bought a machete, a pair of tropical combat boots, a small ....
Military backpack. didn t really want to carry much. bought a baby blue mosquito net. it s comical what they had at this one shop for a jungle adventure. i was trying to shed my kind of american appearance. i felt like it would be easier to blend in. i don t know if i did a very good job. i looked kind of like a bum, i think. the last thing i needed before i left was a map. not a lot of people asked for a map of the darien, obviously, and i m looking at what kind of maps are there. and this guy walks in. he goes to the same counter. hello, senora. he asks about a map of the darien. i thought, hmm, this is kind of strange. i m just all ears. i m curious. ....
We re uninvited. we re in the darien. we ve left the police outpost and all we really have is victor. all i could think was, 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, he wanted to hear from us what we were doing there and what we were planning. victor negotiated with the tr e tribe. [ foreign language ] the next day, victor negotiated guides for us. the plan was for the guides to take us as far as paya, which ....
Bogota and that was it. i got a cab and i went to central park in the middle of the city. i walked, sat on a bench. i had more questions sitting on that bench than i did when i left. there had been people killed, and maybe it was our fault. whether or not the paramilitaries would have gone into panama without us is up for argument. but i felt responsible for what happened. even eight years later, i still think about it. i still think about the choices i made to take that trip. i had gotten this idea in my head that i would personally pay any cost to cross the darien. but in the end i didn t have to pay it, really. other people ....