Closing the Digital Gap

I am typing furiously as I am trying to check four days worth of email, update my blog, and check facebook, among a few other things within half an hour. The local government center here houses a room which has ten computers with internet connection. So far, this is where I have been coming to get on the internet since no other place within forty minutes has a connection. It is problematic though because the center does not keep to its hours. You never know if it will close early, if it opens at all. This is definitely causing me some headaches, but this is somewhat typical of Panama. Stores don’t carry necessary items or won’t be open, businesses don’t get back to you….the list goes on. I am certainly learning a lot about the developing world though in this process! Hopefully I will actually get the chance to delve more into this topic later this week, that is, if I can get online. Ironically, the computer center here says ”closing the digital gap” on the door. Although it hasn’t really accomplished its mission, it is certainly closing something- the entrance!