| Paul's solo trip
in June, 2005 began as what could have been a disaster, but as the old proverb
states...all's well that ends well. Upon entering Tocumen Airport in Panama City, the customs agents took all of the plants that Paul was transporting with him (even though they were bare root). New regulation that took place the beginning of June, Paul was told. If there were another flight back to the United States that day, he would have been on it. Instead, Paul continued on to TropicRiverWoods and after being initially disappointed, was very excited at what he observed. Walkways that had been even further transformed from cuts in the ground with rock overlay, to fully functional, all-weather cement pathways! Filiberto had purchased even more plants, in addition to those we still have in the nursery and Paul and Filiberto traveled around the province in search of native plants, and found many special treats for the eye. Even as important, Filiberto took Paul to meet Gus, who is the director of IMAN in the Bocas province and they talked about plants for many hours over the course of two days. So enjoy the following update knowing that great progress continues to "grow" at TRW!
What follows, is a photographic record of Paul's March 2005 TropicRiverWoods project findings.
The next regularly scheduled Loma Finca Cuatro TropicRiverWoods, S.A. update will be in late November, 2005, during which Paul and Brad will continue to preserve this special parcel of land. NOTE: Due to hurricane Wilma, our next trip, which was actually by Paul alone, would be postponed until March of 2006. We had quite a mess here in South Florida to clean up! Paul and Brad, Your Hosts!
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