i hope i do this right. years ago i went to tropic star lodge. i finally found the disc that holds all the pictures and want to share them. now, dont go thinking that any of them are fish pictures. you have seen enough of that on here to last a life time. we flew in on a small plane on a run way that looks like it was built by the local people. at the end of the runway the first thing you see is a catholic church. and starting there is the village of locals that seem to support the operation in tropic star lodge. i went there with no intention of taking one fish picture. fish jumping out of water doesnt really do it for me. but the people that call this darian rainforest home and the people that run the lodge left a permanent memory that i will not forget. we fished for 6 day's.....actually only seeing 4 sailfish all week. unfortunately it was in the first half hour of the first day. we never had another bite and i would not go on the last day. that was pretty interesting in itself as i dont think they ever had a person stay back from fishing to wander. i wanted to re-visit the village that they allowed us to go to when we first arrived. they were a little uncomfortable with this but agreed to let me go back if i took a guide that they provided. so as everyone else left on the last day to fish....see ya, i waited for my guide to arrive. it was even a shock to the village as i walked around never expecting to see anyone roaming and taking pictures without an invite. anyway here is my trip....as i saw it. these are the first 40 pictures, my visit to the village will follow this.
Hubris thanks for showing people that not every body lives as good as we do. I have alot of friends here in college and at home that do not realize that not every one lives as good as we do here in America. The incredible thing is that even thow these people have next to nothing still find something to smile about.
I was in Costa Rica,Panama and the very south end of El Salvador in '78,'79 & '80 and our trip was for "surfing",really it was, and our travel once we left Costa Rica was in a 30' Catamaran. I have never been more fearful for my life before or since that first trip and I say this to point out that though things have changed since the sandanista (Sp) days these are still 3rd world countries with banditos and you better watch your six! Great pictures I have a few Polaroids and I'll see how they scan and try to post them.
all those 31 bertrams look really cool.........up close you can see just how hard they are used. i mean nonstop 6 days a week. they have their own railway and engine repair. also its funny to see them tie up. two ropes on the back, no bow lines and the boat never moves. at night they anchor in the harbor. a pretty site. seems to be a bit of concern for drug activity also. note the navy patrol boat, and at night very discreet armed guards on the beach with machine guns. its so dark you dont know they are there until you walk down the walkway and they scare the shi........out of you!
Is this the trip with Billy Kocis and I recognized his dad
I could not pick out Billy but saw Mr. Kocis in one of your pictures. I used to go to CABO in late 60's and early 70's with dirt streets but always stayed at Santa Jose Del Cabo or Rancho Bena Vista. It was still pretty not developed back then and kind of looked like your pictures except it was the desert meeting the sea not the jungle. Great pictures
john, billy is right before his dad's picture. rusty chew was also there. if you walked to the jungle you could not walk a hundred yards into it. it was that thick. many places man never set foot.
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