The Asphalt Jungle

Original airdate: February 5, 2009

Two Crazy Chicks Productions is pleased to present The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden in Panama, an epic journey of discovery fraught with peril.

And now, Episode 1: The Asphalt Jungle…

Our intrepid heroines face the first test of their courage immediately upon their emergence into the sticky Panama City night: the taxi ride to the apartment where they are staying. Panama City drivers are, in a word, insane. Stop signs are merely suggestions to be ignored, as are speed limits and lane lines. Eden loses count of the number of times she thinks, We're gonna die. 

The next morning's jungle boat adventure on Gatun Lake brings sightings of howler and white-throated capuchin monkeys, green iguanas, crocodiles, basilisks (known as "Jesus lizards" for their ability to walk on water), toucans, and sloths. It's interesting and informative, but doesn't generate the same adrenaline rush as the ride through rush hour traffic.

Perhaps because they seek that rush – or perhaps because they simply don't know when to call it quits – our heroines venture out again into the sweltering afternoon heat and hail a taxi. Using a combination of gesture, guidebook Spanish phrases, and English, Yumiko and Eden manage to communicate their desire to go to Miraflores Locks, where they watch gigantic cargo ships and oil tankers transiting the Panama Canal go through the locking process.

Be sure to tune in for Episode 2, when Yumiko and Eden head into the rainforest in search of avifauna and other jungle critters.

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© Eden Feuer