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White-Nosed Coati (Nasua Narica)

It’s a squirrel, it’s a monkey, no, it’s a White-Nosed Coati. While traveling through the Bocas del Toro region from Almirante to Changuinola one day, my taxi came to a screeching halt for what looked to be nothing more than a long tail quickly making its way across the road. Locally, the White-Nosed Coati is called “suto” or […]

July 25, 2014 More

Diablos Have Invaded Bocas and Carnaval is Here!

With Carnaval just around the corner, the streets of Bocas Town are being invaded every afternoon by diablos, or “devils”. Every afternoon at about 6:30 the diablos hit the streets to entertain the people with their enchanting ceremonial stomping and to challenge the local boys to impromptu duels with their whipping sticks. If you’ve ever […]

February 28, 2014 More

First Annual BESO 5K Walk/Run Raises Money for All Things Educational

The good people at BESO were at it again raising funds for academia with the very first annual 5 kilometer walk (or run).  Supporting members of the community put on their respective Nike, Reeboks and New Balances to traverse a 5 kilometer stretch of Isla Colon on the morning of Sunday, February 9th. The charitable […]

February 12, 2014 More

Monthly horoscopes

   Aries   March 21 — April 19 Happy New years Aries.  And just about now you should be feeling as if you can finally exhale from all the anxiety you felt December last year.  Uncertainty will do that, but there’s good news ahead as your personal as well as worldview is finally coming into […]

February 1, 2014 More

Bipolar Bocas Weather Can Be a Real Treat

Just because you wake up to a bunch of scary looking rain clouds doesn’t mean that it’s not going to be a beautiful day.  This time of year sees quite a bit of rain sometimes but the weather can turn from thunderstorms to the perfect beach day in a matter of minutes.  Check out these […]

December 1, 2013 More

Desechos Solidos is Offical

Bocas finally has an official group in charge of the trash collection service! It was approved by the government in a meeting on October 2nd that the current service, Bocas Desechos Solidos, will continue until January 31st, 2014 or until a new waste management company comes into the picture, whichever comes first. It all began […]

November 15, 2013 More
 

Editor’s Note – September 2013

The remains of Yvonne Baldelli were found in late August on the far end of Carenero, or “Brown Point”, as the police department refers to it, an area that had not been previously searched. Yvonne was missing since November 2011 after permanently relocating to Bocas with her boyfriend, Brian Brimager, an ex-Marine, now in custody […]

September 1, 2013 More