PANAMA'S NATIONAL PARKS
http://panamatravel.com/natparks.htm
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| Isla Ca�as | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Isla Ca�as is located at the southern end of The Azuero peninsula, in the province of Los Santos, not far from the popular surfing beach of Playa Venado. It has the largest population of nesting sea turtles in the Republic of Panam�. Sea turtles, upon hatching from their eggs, immediatly start crawling to the sea. Very few survive to reach adulthood, but the few that do always return to the beach, on which they hatched, to lay their eggs. Below are some pictures of a trip to Isla Ca�as. Click on a picture for an enlargment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preparing to leave the landing for the island. It is necessary to make a short boat ride down river to reach the island. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The largest house on the island, and comfortable with a wooden veranda that runs completly around the second floor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| An adult sea turtle makes her way back to the water after leaving her nest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Leaving the island the next morning. Since the tide is out, the boat can only make it to the mouth of the river where it is then necessary to unload. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The walk up the river. This river runs through a dense growth of mangrove. Mangrove roots extend down into the river and provide a sort of aquatic nursery for a variety of small sea creatures like crabs and shrimp. It was interesting passing through by boat the previous afternoon and watching the small crabs scuttling around among the roots. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here is a link that has some information concerning national parks in Panam�. PANAMA'S NATIONAL PARKS http://panamatravel.com/natparks.htm Back to Living in Azuero. |
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