How do you get to school?

Five miles, in the snow, uphill... both ways? 

Try an Indiana Jones-style bridge crossing. 

This decrepit bridge spans a major river which flows swiftly in the rainy season. The community just above the bridge is home to the only 9th, 10th, and 12th grade high school within many miles, as well as an elementary school. Kids regularly cross this bridge or risk the river forge swelled by afternoon rains during the school year. 

Last year concerned parents took the issue to Panama's main highway to draw the attention of the government. The government responded with a placating attempt at starting to build a new bridge, but now the project has been left abandoned for nearly six months. 

This brave soul, Ezekiel, allowed me to video him crossing the bridge.