James
July 23, 2008
Okay, so James isn't family, but he sure seems like he
is. He has been a friend of our since the boys got down
here in 1999. He spends one half of his year in the USA
or traveling and the other half of the year or so he
spends here in Panama and traveling throughout Latin
America. When he is in the country during high season
he comes out to Tranquilo Bay to help us out. He is an
excellent guide and a great friend.
Dionicio
July 21, 2008
Dionicio is one of our newer employees. He works on the
grounds around Tranquilo Bay.
Mario
July 18, 2008
Mario has been with us for over four years now. He is
from Salt Creek. He works on the grounds and helps out
with the excursions from time to time.
July
July 15, 2008
This is July. He has been working with us for over four
years. He works out on the grounds, goes with guests on
nearby excursions.
Enrique
July 14, 2008
Enrique has been with us for about 2 years. He and July
are brothers. Enrique captains the boat for us and he
also just completed WFR training.
Lucy
July 11, 2008
Lucy has been with us since last November. She is also
from Valle de Anton. She works in a variety of roles
here at Tranquilo Bay.
Leydi
July 09, 2008
This is Leydi. She is from Penenome in Valle de Anton
here in Panama. She works in variety of capacities here
at Tranquilo Bay. She has been with us for over a year
and a half.
Yohany
July 07, 2008
Yohany has been with us for several years now. She
works in a variety of capacities. She is working her
way into other roles as she learns more and has more
experience.
Leo
July 05, 2008
Leo is from Columbia. He has been here at Tranquilo Bay
for over two years now. He works in the kitchen with
his sister Nuri as well as out and about around the
grounds here.
Nuri
July 02, 2008
Nuri runs the kitchen. She makes all of the delicious
food which we eat here on a daily basis. She and her
brother Leo work well together.
Photographers
June 29, 2008
Brandon and Rob came to visit to take our pictures for
the INC Magazine article. It was interesting to say the
least. We learned a lot and had a great time with them.
Thanks to Brandon Jim has a new camera. We started
using on our trip to the States. It takes great photos.
Eel
June 27, 2008
The resident eel poking his head out of the coral he
calls home. This coral head is on the side of the dock
so we check it out each time we are down there to see
if Mr. Eel is out and about.
Raptors
June 12, 2008
It is so hard to get a good photo of these big birds in
flight where you can actually make out the bird rather
than just a dark spot in the sky. Here are a few good
shots.
Moth
June 10, 2008
This moth is just beautiful. The false eyes on the
wings are vibrant. Just another one of the inhabitants
here in the jungle.
Parting Shot
May 30, 2008
Jim grabbed a photo of Mel and Rosemary before they
left. We learned so much from them during their stay.
They are an inspiration to all of us - we want to be
doing what they are doing when we have the same amount
of experience in life. They are probably off on their
next big adventure as I post this. What a life!
Jay at Punta Valiente
May 28, 2008
Jay is working with his boots as he is about to go on a
hike up the hill at Punta Valiente. The next photo is
the local boy who served as a guide for the group on
this particular trip. We try to engage a different
guide each time so that we learn something new and the
entire village benefits from our visits.
Kayaking with Mel & Rosemary
May 25, 2008
Here is a photo Jim grabbed of Mel while he was
kayaking near the Changuinola River towards the end of
their trip. We had a wonderful time this day as we do
every day.
Ain't love grand?
May 23, 2008
Mel and Rosemary were here with us for a week. They
travel all around the world so we were honored that
they spent one of their weeks here. They are still
holding hands snorkeling after all these years!
Punta Valiente
May 17, 2008
This little girl insisted on wearing our guest's hat
and sunglasses. And well - she looks pretty good.
Kayaking near the Changuinola River
May 13, 2008
Kayaking along the rivermouths - you will encounter a
variety of things. Here are a few examples.
Red Frogs
May 09, 2008
Here is one of the red frogs from on our trail. A
graduate student from Michigan is studying our frogs
and a variety of their characteristics here at the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She says they
are prolific - she grabbed a group of males and females
and has put them to stud service. She will return our
frogs to us and the offspring will be studied for some
time.
Bugs
May 07, 2008
For those of you who have met Jim you know that he has
a thing for taking pictures of bugs, insects and all
things in the jungle and the sea. Here are a few of his
recent photos.
Boys will be boys - times 2
May 02, 2008
Corin as I described in the last post - was really into
snakes. He and his family went fishing with Jim one day
when another group was going to Punta Valiente. Corin
was really bummed because he wanted to go over to the
mainland where he could be looking for some serious
snakes. Jay knew how important the snake hunting was to
Corin and being a snake enthusiast himself, he brought
back an eyelash viper for Corin to see. The snake was
treated cautiously and carefully. He was removed from
his mayonnaise jar home only for a few photos and then
he was returned several days later to Punta Valiente
with the next group.
Boys will be boys
April 30, 2008
Boys will definitely be boys. It doesn't matter if they
are growing up in the concrete jungles of New York City
or the jungles of Panama. There is something about
snakes that interests them. Corin was here with his dad
and one of his sisters on his Spring Break. He had
studied up on all the different snakes we have here in
Bocas del Toro and in Panama. He brought a snake
grabbing device with him so that if he encountered any
snakes he could catch one. Well he was constantly on
the look out and he found this boa and brought it back
for us to put in our aquarium for a few months. We have
since fed this guy a few times and let him go back into
the wild.
Green and Black Frogs
April 28, 2008
Here are a couple of pictures of the green and black
Dendrobates we see on the mainland at Green Acres Farm
which is the home of Cerutti and Family Chocolate.
David has the frog on his finger to give you an idea of its size.
Here is a close up of the little guy in his natural environment.
David has the frog on his finger to give you an idea of its size.
Here is a close up of the little guy in his natural environment.