Updated Photo Galleries

We have updated all of the photo galleries with photos from the past year. Here are a few of my favorite new ones:






We are unable to include all of the photos we have taken or that our guests have provided to us. Each one of these has a story - they all bring a smile to our faces when we see them. We hope that they do the same for you. We also hope that they help you get a feel for what it is like to spend some time with us here in paradies.

We have broken down some of the larger categories into sub categories so that you can see an example of the diversity that we have down here in plant and animal life. This link takes you to all of the plants which you can use as a jumping ground to get to different plant types. This link takes you to the animals for all of the different types of animals we encounter on our excursions. This link takes you the entire group of photo galleries. Spend some time checking them all out.

Fun on the Internet

I was reading one of the blogs I check out on a regular basis and she had a link to a website called Wordle www.wordle.net. It makes really cool word clouds. I took the text off of our home page to see how it might end up represented in a word cloud. Here are a few of my favorites that it came up with...

Tex and Fula

We were fortunate to learn about a litter of puppies in Panama City through our friends Frank and Joyce. Jim and the kids checked them out on our return from the USA in June. They were too young to bring back to Bocas at that time, but we told the man who had the dogs that we were interested in getting a couple of them - one girl and one boy.
Jay went back to the USA to visit his mom and upon his return Stefanie and Scott met him in Panama City to take care of some business. The puppies were ready to come back to Bocas so they brought them back with them last Wednesday. Here are a few pictures of our newest family members: Tex, the boy, and Fula, the girl.

Gina, the boy’s teacher, is holding the two pups for their first night in their new home.



Jim and the kids with the pups. Fula is on the landing and Tex is biting on the leaf with Jim and Tres. Boty is taking it all in.

New set of photo galleries

We have added a new set of photo galleries to the website. These are organized by month. We will rotate the photos in these galleries after the finish of each month. This way you can get a feel for what goes on around here each month. Enjoy ;-)

James

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

Dionicio is one of our newer employees. He works on the grounds around Tranquilo Bay.

Mario

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.