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Find Us On FacebookI just executed a hotel management agreement with The West Paces Hotel Group about an hour ago. We’ve been working with them for the last several months, and signed an LOI back in November. But it isn’t til now that we could really make the information public.
This is very exciting for us. Why we’re so [...]
West Paces
February 19th, 2010 by Ben
No Hurricanes
February 16th, 2010 by BenWhile reviewing the (near) construction drawings for our model home last month, it became clear that the (US-based) structural engineers were designing systems capable of handling hurricane-force winds. An understandable tactic, I suppose, since we are all used to hearing about hurricanes battering the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and much of the US’s coasts every [...]
Season Six
February 2nd, 2010 by BenAs Frances has been letting everyone know, big things are happening on lots of fronts now for our project. And I’ve been working pretty much non-stop since the start of the year, as the ramp up has required more time than I expected. It’s exciting times.
But today I am especially excited: the final season of [...]
Scale
December 14th, 2009 by BenIsla Palenque is 400 acres, covered mostly with mature forests, lagoons and mangroves. It also has a highly varied topography, meaning that if you are in one corner of the island, experiencing its specific qualities, you don’t necessarily understand any other part of the island. This makes it a difficult island to get to know, [...]
Bamboozled
November 12th, 2009 by BenThe WSJ journal has an article today about the sustainability of bamboo clothing; as it turns out, bamboo clothing really isn’t sustainable once you factor in all the chemicals and processing involved in its production, and claims that it is are probably close to fraudulent. One of these days I might get around to blogging [...]
Fun with GIS
November 12th, 2009 by BenJerrod wrote an entry back in July about walking the proposed road that had been staked for us by our topographers. Walking it, and understanding the topography of the area as well as Design Workshops’s intent, I was suspicious that the stakes weren’t quite where they were supposed to be. That, combined with a few [...]
Direct Flights from US to David?
October 22nd, 2009 by BenA movement’s afoot. I posted a comment on Sam Talliaferros’ blog entry about the subject. Usually I consider Sam’s blog to provide some of the more trenchant insights into Panama, but in this case, I disagree strongly (as you can see in my comment). Sam just doesn’t seem to be displaying the kind of vision [...]
Eating Fish to Save the Environment
October 16th, 2009 by BenIn (apparent) contradistinction to an earlier, holier-than-thou, post by Mark, some tourists are actually helping the local ecosystems they visit — and inspiring a new company and business plan — by eating the local fish, as a recent story in this week’s Economist points out.
Heart of Darkness
August 31st, 2009 by BenPart 2 of Adam’s photo-rich blog entries about Palenque was posted yesterday; it’s available here.
(Part 1, referred to in an earlier post, is here.)
His memory is a little faulty again: my attempt to kill him was during the sinking boat episode, not when I left him without water on the island.
Photographer’s Notes
August 18th, 2009 by BenAdam Elliott, who took most of the photos we use on our website and elsewhere (and whom regular readers might remember from these previous posts), finally got around to writing his photo blog entry on the trip. As with most of his travel related posts, it provides a unique and interesting look into the area [...]