Frontera fears (Drive day 103 minus 14 years)
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Entering Panama was a disaster back in 1973 — I watched my dad getting tied to a chair by his belt in a border jail and had to turn on the water works to get corrupt guards to let him go. It’s all in the book The Drive: Searching for Lost Memories on the Pan-American Highway but for today’s purposes, let’s just say I really needed a drink on the other side.