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A motor panga (fishing boat) en route to Punta Patiño, a wildlife reserve in the Darién Gap.

At the Darién Gap, the Pan-American Highway’s 30,000 mile journey is interrupted by 100 miles of barely tamable jungle

September 9, 2014Environment

The Darién Gap is a small stretch of rugged, swampy terrain between Panama and Colombia. It’s the only point in the 48,000 mile long Pan-American highway where the highway literally stops — because it can’t go forward.

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