{"product_id":"2940011910975","title":"Is There a Hole in the Boat? Tales of Travel in Panama without a Car","description":"Bring your appetite. Bring gifts for the king of the Naso tribe.\u003cbr\u003eJoin Darrin DuFord as he hikes, bribes, and barters his way across Panama, a perennially overlooked filament of the tropics where DuFord encounters a startling richness of cultures between the nation's two coastlines. Sitting down with everyone from scientists to town barflies, DuFord samples such local delicacies as fermented corn homebrew and slow-barbecued jungle rodent while, at every turn, taking the more vernacular--and much more enriching--options of transportation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether jostling in the back of a pickup truck serving as the local bus or uncovering how the country is tackling its ecological quandaries, DuFord opens a window into the little-known day to day struggles and pleasures of the Panamanian people. Is There a Hole in the Boat? reveals a Panama that is not simply a place to watch bloated cruise ships edge along the walls of the Canal. It's a land where the machete can slash through just about anything--except the nation's spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs There a Hole in the Boat? won the silver medal in the 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards.","brand":"Darrin DuFord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068698312944,"sku":"2940011910975","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011910975_p0.jpg?v=1763551261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011910975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}