Here’s a look at people who have visited, places I’ve been to and things that don’t fit in any other place on the blog.
My son Paul was the first one to visit me in Boquete....here at the Bistro
More time with my son Paul
Paul at a place overlooking the valley of Boquete
An auction in the gardens of the Panamonte Inn for a local charity
Don & Nancy Huff and me in Bocas del Toro
Fixing breakfast during a visit to Portobelo
Luncheon with friends Georgiann, Olga, Helen, me and Kitzie
Canadian friend Annette Preston bought a house at the beach for us to play in
Airport runway on Contadora Island ends at the ocean
People always ask me "What do you do down there in the 3rd world?" .....here's one answer
The Shah of Iran was exiled to this house on Contadora....poor him!
One day I heard a noise in the road outside my house...here's what I saw!
Waterfront buildings in Bocas del Toro
Allison & Scott Fratcher (she's a 500 ton ships captain, he's her engineer) with Don & Terry Murray and me at dinner in PC. To see what Allison & Scott did on their vacation, go to http://www.earthrace.com. You'll be amazed!
Back to that question..."What do you do down there in the 3rd world?"...a girl's party at a friend's with a surprise guest!!
Girl's party at friend Elizabeth's birthday at her coffee plantation
Parade girls
Cousin Joy visited and went on the Tree Trek
Cousin Joy & daughter Tracy - Boquete
Mariellen, Dana and Pamela at Boquete
Boquete's Renaissance Fair
This warhorse had a colt the day before the Fair
Elizabeth's costume for the Fair matched my bedspread
Boquete Community Choir
Christmas at the orphanage in Boquete
Latin tradition is to create a dummy of a"bad" person and burn them at midnight. My neighbor made this one of Osama Bin Laden
Welcome to Playa Blanca on the Pacific
Lunch spot in Bocas del Toro
Pat Behnke from High Springs came to visit....and of course, she went on the Tree Trek
My friend Wanda Stoll (we worked together at Eastern Airlines in the 70’s) came to visit and applied for her Residency Visa while she was here….good thing because 2 months later they changed the laws and now residency is more difficult to obtain.
Wanda at one of our rivers
Wanda and me at a waterfall near my house
And, of course, Wanda went Tree Trekking too....
This is what Tree Trekking looks like from afar
LaPlayita is a great place on the Azuaro Peninsula on the Pacific
Pedro, our boat captain, catches fish for dinner in the waters off Contadora Island
A residential street in Boquete with unusual mode of transportation
Some beaches aren't meant for swimming...Coiba Island in the Pacific
The lunch bunch at Playa Blanca
This big, burly Panamanian policeman was buying flowers for his sweetie!
Me fishing at the trout farm (where it
Did you ever see a tropical desert? Near Chitre in the Azuaro
A float in the parade at the Pollera Festival in Las Tablas
Even the bathrooms are beautiful in the Azuaro
Friends Bob & Dana played at their own wedding in the park in downtown Boquete
Friends in my kitchen creating their favorite Thai recipe
Penny In Paradise 
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