is just about complete. Also, a photographic visit to Changuinoa, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama.

Update, March 1, 2010!

This trip, Paul went solo to take care of some administrative items and to see the progress of the garden. It is now very difficult to get full pictures of the trees and planting areas as the growth has been incredible!

The bridge over the Rio Changuinola has now been completed and takes at least 10 minutes off the trip from TropicRiverWoods to the city center; not to mention a lot safer. The bridge on the left is what was used to travel across the river!

The newly completed bridge over the Rio Changuinola

What follows, is a photographic record of Paul's February 2010 TropicRiverWoods project findings. So welcome to the continuing progression of a world-class botanical garden.

Here are more pictures of the growth that has occurred since the inception of TropicRiverWoods. Remember, everything you see here was once bare land!

Red Sealing Wax Palm
Cyrtostachys renda

A new Heliconia about to bloom

Heliconias and Brazilian
Cloak in full bloom

7 foot/2.35 meter tall Chenille Plant
Acalypha hispida

Iriartea deltoidia

Splendid Palm
Verschaffeltia splendida

Filiberto with Cocoa and pods

Licuala grandis at 8 feet/2.75 meter

Further view of Licuala grandis

Bouganvilla growing upon the entrance fence

Front entrance to TropicRiverWoods

Filiberto next to an Aroid

Some Random Shots

A few pictures from our adopted town, Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Paul with Gladys, owner
of The Chaquita Banana restaurant

Locals playing chess at
the Chaquita Banana

Street Scene

Side street scene

Dulces and Pan from
El Buen Sabor

Street Scene

Downtown Changuinola

Transportion Station with a
row of Veitchia merrillii

The Golden Sahara Hotel
Ask for Humberto!

Western Union with a
Royal Palm and Poinciana

One of the local night spots

Down by the river at TropicRiverWoods

Our next regularly scheduled Loma Finca Cuatro TropicRiverWoods, S.A. update will be sometime during the summer of 2010 when Paul and Brad will continue to preserve this special parcel of land.

Paul and Brad, Your Hosts!