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Signs of Life – Renewed: Riptide Warning Signs

By Larry Shane, Coordinator, RipTide Warning Signs Project No one — not one swimmer, has drowned in a riptide on Bocas beaches since Riptide Warning Signs were installed 4 years ago. Before, we were losing an average of 5 souls a year to our menacing waters, mostly tourists, sometimes, a local child, unaware of murderous currents […]

September 10, 2014 More
 

First Large Boat to be Built in Bocas in Over 150 Years

  There was a time when Bocas was a bustling seaport. It started in the earliest days of exploration and exploitation after Columbus first charted these waters. Unique to the Western Caribbean Bocas’s safe harbor grew in prominence during the era of commercial sail and dominated commerce transportation in the region throughout the 19th Century. Two […]

September 10, 2014 More
 

Road Party at The Beach Bar Bar-b-que!

The road to Playa Bluff continues to be in a state of disrepair. So, the The Beach Bar is donating all of 100% of sales made Saturday, August 30, to repair the road. That’s right – EVERY PENNY that you eat and drink goes towards making sure you always have a passable road to visit […]

August 26, 2014 More
 

Here and Now

By Blake Bunch Prior to this move to Central America, I had never set foot in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. I had not ventured to San Diego before moving there either, but trading beach towns in the states pales in comparison to setting up a life down here. Like most of the expats I […]

August 26, 2014 More
 

Why Monkeys are NOT Pets

We’ve all seen them: cute, cuddly, fuzzy, and practically irresistible baby monkeys. What a show for guests- swinging from the ceiling, feeding themselves with their opposable thumbs, doing back flips, and clapping; all so sweet and innocent. Raising a baby monkey as a pet does not change its natural and inherent instinct to develop into […]

August 26, 2014 More
 

Temple of Jeo Wong Ya

By Lama Naomh Tomás It sits in obscurity between two hotels, almost invisible to those  walking by. The only hints are the red banners with Chinese script around the doors. Local men, trying to enlist tourists for boat trips and information for money, sit on the steps drinking coffee and beer passing time until opportunity […]

August 26, 2014 More
 

Floating Doctors Floats My Boat

By Lorie Fagin “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” –Ghandi This month marks two years since I joined the Floating Doctors medical mission here in Bocas. Divorced after 32 years, uncertain of my life’s next chapter and having heard about this inspirational project I made a […]

July 25, 2014 More

Caribe Shuttle’s New Service to San Jose Saved my Marriage

In the four years I’ve lived in Bocas del Toro, I must have traveled back and forth to San Jose at least 20 times now.  Flights to the US, buses to Bocas, trips to the Pacific side of Costa Rica, catching buses to Nicaragua, planes to Guatemala, etc. For me, there have been many reasons […]

March 4, 2014 More