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Get Blog Posts As EmailsAs many of you know, the week of June 3rd we will be hosting our first official Site Expedition to the Isla Palenque, and we’ll be having regular trips from then on. We hope those of you who are thinking of buying a home there someday will get aboard and come see for yourself what [...]
Testimonial: Our Very First Site Expedition
April 22nd, 2010 by FrancesPress Release – Fishing by the Rules: Sport Fishermen Embrace Sustainable Techniques
December 15th, 2009 by FrancesCHICAGO, Dec. 10, 2009 — Unlike commercial fishing, the major player in depleted fish populations, sport fishing makes up less than 12 percent of the global harvest. And though they are equipped with the latest tools and technology to increase their haul, today’s sport fisherman embodies a surprising combination of conservation and conquest. With one [...]
Press Release — Backpackers Pave the Way for a Wide Variety of Tourists to Flock to Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui
November 16th, 2009 by FrancesCHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2009 — Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui is so wild and unspoiled it draws the most adventurous souls to its lush wilderness. Destinations such as Coiba National Marine Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriqui have coaxed trailblazing nature-lovers and water-sport enthusiasts to the area for years, [...]
La Chorcha Waterfall
November 11th, 2009 by DavidMeandering along the Inter-American highway in Panama from the city of David to Boca Chica, the closest port village to Isla Palenque, one has the opportunity to take in the ambiance of the Chiriqui Province. There are always street side vendors selling red snapper, oranges in large bags and other produce from nearby markets. Some [...]
Las Culebras
August 5th, 2009 by DavidWe’re going to play a little word association game. I’ll write some things, you think of what they have in common. Sea turtles. Whales. Rainforests. Did any of those conjure the thought of “conservation”? A need to protect, to nurture, to save a valuable, endangered resource? I’m sure for many of you they did. Now [...]
Sinking Ship….
February 10th, 2009 by Jerrod….literally. No, I’m not talking about the economy, I’m talking about The Yellow Submarine, Amble’s boat in Boca Chica. Orignially, it was named Miss Mollie, but her previous owners had sunk it, so we jokingly call it The Yellow Submarine. Well, two weeks ago, she tried her hardest to find the bottom of the ocean [...]
New Year on Isla Palenque
January 1st, 2009 by FrancesPanama! Here I am in sunny Boca Chica, just 5 miles over water from the site of our new resort development, Isla Palenque. You’d better believe it’s hot, and the sun radiates heat into you with the revitalizing sun-food you only feel in the tropics. It makes me wonder if the rest of the world [...]
A “British gentleman farmer” in Boca Chica
December 17th, 2008 by BenOn my last visit to the site, I paid a visit to John Spragge, a farmer on Boca Brava: it’s a fascinating group of people hanging out in this unknown little corner of the world. I don’t know if he’d like the term, but the best way I can think of to describe John Spragge [...]