{"id":1026,"date":"2014-02-23T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T22:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2014-02-23T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T22:42:33","slug":"panama-city-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/panama-city-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama City, Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving around Panama City, Panama, photographing the buildings and graffiti. I ended up in a neighborhood, which I later learned was one of the most dangerous in Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Within 30 seconds of stopping my car and getting out, two police officers walked up to me and told me, to get back in my car and leave, because the area was too dangerous.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1026 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2098.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2098-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2099.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2099-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2100.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2100-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I persuaded them to let me take a couple photos before leaving. They actually radioed for backup and within 2 minutes,two more officers arrived.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1026 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2102.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2102-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2104.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2104-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2106.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2106-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2107.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2107-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2109.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_2109-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I took a few shots of the graffiti and some local kids playing soccer. A Panamanian woman walked up to me and started chatting with me. I decided to make a few portraits for her before leaving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Untitled-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1027\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"http:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Untitled-1-700x318.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Untitled-1-700x318.jpg 700w, https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Untitled-1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Untitled-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving around Panama City, Panama, photographing the buildings and graffiti. I ended up in a neighborhood, which I later learned was one of the most dangerous in Panama. Within 30 seconds of stopping my car and getting out, two police officers walked up to me and told me, to get back in my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/panama-city-panama\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Panama City, Panama<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,22],"tags":[34,32,35,27,33,30],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-gallery","tag-football","tag-graffiti","tag-panama","tag-photography","tag-soccer","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronneilsonbelman.com\/developingnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}