ruta sur ..connection Boquete to Volcan area ..almost ready...casi listo

I remember as the day of yesterday.. the goverment of president Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004) did have an idea to make a connection with Boquete to Volcan /Cerro punta ..to make a road on the sendero los Quetzales . They did give it the name "camino Ecologico" In that time I was guiding tourists also on the sendero and did see 3 x surveys and that was heart breaking.... People with machetes were making space and put metal nails in the soil...while Quetzales were flying above them in March 2003 (last survey). I got questions about this, I did not want to spoil the hike/birding ...but you can understand, people got upset. In that time I was even wondering if Panama was the country that I wanted to live in...We did have a lot of meetings in that time with people for and against this road. Protests in green clothing... there was an alternative... ruta sur... Why not? it would help more communities, ... and you will safe the sendero los Quetzales in "national park Volcan Baru"!! After a big battle the protesters..young and old Panamanians .. won... and see here in my small video the result...the connection is a fact ...ruta sur is a fact... bravo! Greetings Terry van Niekerk
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