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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 -- Welcome to More In Panama -- home of the amazing live action hunt through The Republic of Panama.

If you have read the book, The Lost and Found and are interested in the live action hunt taking you and your skills past the backpacker circuit, around hidden alleyways in Panama City, secret corners in the gardens of Boquete all the way to deep jungle in the cloud forest, then continue to the next post. If you have not yet read the book, visit www.backpackpanama.blogspot.com before you read the details of the hunt in the next post. (Don’t spoil it for yourself)

For those looking for information about the The Lost and Found eco hostel in Panama's cloud forest please visit www.lostandfoundlodge.com for more about the cloud forest hostel with tours you will never forget.

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The Hunt is on... the most amazing live action puzzle quest in Panama coolest locals.

The bodies of the three victims, Matt, Steve and Dr. Mike, were never recovered. María Concepción offered to reveal the location of all three sets of remains in exchange for an undisclosed sum of money, which the victims' families wired to a Panamanian account. All evidence suggests that María Concepción received the money, but instead of keeping her word, left clues in the form of a treasure hunt that will lead to the location of the remains. Panamanian authorities believe she took the money and fled through the Darien jungle to hide in her homeland of Colombia.

The hunt is on….

If you enjoyed reading The Lost and Found you will be blown away by the live action hunt with you and your investigation skills at the center.
María left behind art work and crossword puzzles in various entries of her personal diary. Panamanian police authorities believe that her diary contains hidden messages that will reveal the location of the bodies. We need you to help find them.
There are three hunt locations, Boquete, Panama City and The Lost and Found in the Fortuna Forest Reserve. There is no order you must follow. To help us you do not have to complete the hunt in all locations but each hunt takes you to the most unique and exotic locations in The Republic of Panama. To begin simply show up with a copy of the clues and the crossword puzzle at the locations on the maps that follow. For The Lost and Found cloud forest hunt just head to the lodge… you may want to make a reservation at www.lostandfoundlodge.com to ensure you have a place to sleep.

If you are not in Panama visit www.moreinpanama.blogspot.com to see how you can join a virtual hunt online.

Whether in Panama or online, once you complete the crossword puzzles you will notice that certain squares are red. The letters in the red squares are an anagram that once solved will yield a secret password. Solve the anagram, investigators say, and include it in a Facebook friend request to one of the three suspects. Then you will see each of the women reveal the location of the remains in a video. The secret word for the treasure hunt in Boquete will allow you to become friends with Usnavy Márquez, the word found in Panama City with Estrella Steven González, and the word found at The Lost and Found Eco Hostel will allow you to become Facebook friends with María Hope Concepción. (If you can´t find them on Facebook just look at the friend`s list for lostnfound panama) There are also more photos, art work, and information about each of the now infamous 'tres lolitas'.

With all three secret words you can add the narrator and owner of the eco hostel, Patrick McGreer, Author. You can interact with him and he will answer questions. As well there are insights into María's psyche, her photos and artwork and the hidden meaning behind her preoccupation with The Door's lyrics in the song The End. There are also essays about the blending of the elements of truth and fiction in The Lost and Found and all other unanswered questions are revealed.

INSTRUCTIONS

-- Bring the map, crossword puzzle and clues to the starting destination
-- follow the trail to solve the crossword puzzle
-- use the letters in red to solve the anagram (word jumble) and discover the secret word
-- the next time you have an internet connection, send a Facebook friend request with the secret word to the appropriate suspect to view the tell all video Usnavy Márquez for Panama City, Estrella StevenGonzález for Boquete and María Hope Concepción for The Lost and Found. (Remember if you cant find them add lostnfound panama to your friend list and you will find them there)
-- with all three passwords add the editor, Patrick McGreer, Author, for more artwork, videos, and photos.

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Panama City and Boquete Treasure Hunt Clues

Boquete Hunt

Begin across from Mamallena's hostel in the town's main square. This is a walking trek… be prepared for rain.

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Begin in the center.
Begin in the circle.
Begin when Ra is at his strength.
Through the trees you will see the day.

(2 Down)

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Escape at ten and I will be near.
When you are lost I will appear.
Isis am I, and from my life are fedAll stars and streams, the living and the dead,
All showers and suns, all moons that wax and wane,
The mystery of pleasure and of pain
Here and again I appear to help you.
Stretch your left wing into the blue.
Tell me the first word and continue the game

(1 Down)

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She was pulled out and leaked out onto the floor
She said Good bye and it was soon to be the beginning of the year of our lord
The goddess appears for the second time
But ignore her here; she is trapped behind the glass of the patriarchs
The true goddess on the winding road always stands alone
She will appear for you a third time at a fork in the road
And below the virgin and the town
The Alpha and Omega
This is The End
And the beginning of a new era

(8 Down)

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We are all gardeners of our memories: weeding and cultivating only what we want
Right now my garden is your garden
From the highest tower of my memory I can see the sanctuary of the goddess where Mat found me early one morning
I can see the inverted pentacle from here too
But I like my dreams my memories are black and white
And I can't remember the color of the tree

(6 Across)

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In the sanctuary his eyes stare over the hills of Golgotha, into the future, at the masses, at you
He is in a Roman wilderness of pain because the Romans hid the true Egyptian rites
Stand before him and you only need to look left
To the women
It was they that held the true body and blood
Not those at the Last Supper
Find the number and you will see them

(4 Down)

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Desperately in search of a strangers hand she appears a sixth time
She holds it dangling from her hands

(3 Across)

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The hills here make me grateful for Usnavy -- I can fly
So limitless and free
Over the coffee, the hanging heads of the angel trumpets and even Dr. Mike's house in the distance
How vain he was to think he could live there
How vain he was to think he was this

(5 Across)

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The Goddess has led you to this princess on the hill

(7 Across)

Pananama Hunt

For the Panama Hunt Begin at Park Santa Ana near Casco Viejo. This is a walking trek… take care of the NO GO AREA on the map.

And he walked on down the tracks
On your right is one of Panama City's landmarks
Named after one of the world's most well-known products

(3 Down)

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I stopped in my tracks
He looked just like him
Put a fedora on him and I am sure he would smile,
His mustache revealing those cracked yellow teeth
I will never forget that rank

(2 Down)

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In the church the altar had been painted black
Here, in my dreams I had found a hard, blood-slick chain
But the pain is gone
Now I stare at the altar and I notice something I didn't see the first time
I feel like it wasn't there before
It reminds me that Mat had to be sacrificed
The altar has returned to gold
And the sleeping creature reminds me that Mat too is only sleeping

(6 Across)

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He took a face from the ancient gallery
And this in another
While masters of words stood above him

(4 Across)

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Born in Versailles
Failed in Panama
Succeeded here

(1 Across)

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Below the cock
It bridges the oceans

(5 Down)

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The above image can help solve the anagrams. Also consult the book or use an anagram generator on the web.

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The Virtual Hunt

The following clues are for those readers who have finished the book and cannot come to Panama to participate in the live action hunt. For the hunt in Panama City use the same clues as if you were here in Panama. For Boquete use the following. For the hunt at The Lost and Found Eco Lodge there is no virtual hunt... plan your trip now! Print the crossword puzzle here then solve the clues. Check the videos of the virtual tour of the locations to check your answers.

The following are the clues to the hunt in Boquete for those who are not able to come to Panama. If you are in Panama or will come do not read the following:

El dia que se resucito.

(2 Down)

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Tu. You in your dreams. Archetype for the self.

(1 Down)

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The beginning of the new era.

(8 Down)

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The color that pours down my cheeks the closer I am to truth

(6 Across)

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The station that trumps mere bread and wine… where priestesses hold the true body.

(4 Down)

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Ride his highway west. The west is the best.

(5 Across)

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The princess that became feline.

(7 Across)

The following videos are for readers on the hunt for the victims remains but are not in Panama. Do not spoil it by watching these videos if you are in or plan to come to Panama to join the hunt. If you have finished or are completely stuck on the hunt then watch the follow virtual tours of the hunt in Panama City and Boquete.

Boquete
If you have a problem loading follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6hrnBj09iU

Panama City

If you have a problem loading the video you can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c62vB0YyQ7s

The Lost and Found

(Visit to participate -- see more)

Follow this link if the video doesn´t loud: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1RmCwtdaiI

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