>When I was in Panama and out in the interior

Now "out" would be "exterior", although "interior" is often used to mean "the rest of the country which is not the main city" (in my language too). "Exterieur" would be a movie shot made outside, often in the interior :).

>one time, a couple of soldiers lost their entire rucksacks due to monkeys. The monkeys took them up into the trees and opened the rucksacks and started throwing everything that was inside everywhere. That was scary! :o)

Mad monkey bombers?