“only 10 million of the required 250 million cubic meters of earth had yet been removed. The undertaking is a vast one, far exceeding that of the Suez canal, and every one there believed it would not be finished for many years” — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“There is nothing at any of our beaches at all comparable with the tremendous surf we saw at San Jose. Huge waves, mountains high,… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“In our ascent we were often among the clouds hovering about the mountain, and for a while would be enveloped in fog and mist,… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“Under this spell we were really startled by being suddenly confronted by a priestly form. A second glance revealed, however, only a wax figure… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“we passed Costa Rica, and were near land. We had a most gorgeous sunset, and a full moon at night; besides, the water was… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“We gave the woman for her trouble a generous fee, with which she was highly pleased, and proceeded to put it in the bed… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“The women seemed more industrious than the men, for they were housekeepers; and the noise of the Indian housewife patting her tortillas in preparation… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“only 10 million of the required 250 million cubic meters of earth had yet been removed. The undertaking is a vast one, far exceeding… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“If kind words were said without meaning, simply to make us pleased with the speaker, the result was surely accomplished, and we felt more… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“At ten o'clock we arrived in Aspinwall, or, as it is always called there, Colon, this being the real name of the place, given… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“They were sitting on the ground with baskets of the red berries before them, and in their embroidered dresses, with streaming black hair, made… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“It is an experience we would not part with for "the wealth of Ormus or of Ind." It is one we would not repeat… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
