More on Jim Sharp's visit to Pedasí

Trip to Pedasi, Panama My wife Barbara and i recently made a trip to Panama. Our mission was to look at some ocean front developments in the area of Pedasi on the Blue Peninsula about a four hour drive west of Panama City, Panama. On the way we stayed several days in a "Breezes" an all inclusive resort in Santa Clara 2 hours west of Panama City on the Pan America Highway. Breezes was very nice, right on the ocean with nice beach and seven different pools. The food and service was excellent. We were in contact with Allan Stone a delight fully english gentleman, that sold real estate in the area. Allan drove us to Pedasi about four hours to the west of Panama City. He showed us two developments on the ocean with white sand beaches, Costa Pedasi and Andromeda Both developments were very nice with reasonable prices and great ocean views. Adromedia has all underground utilities and David the developer is doing a great job of balancing natural area's and homesites. Pedasi is a very small quite town with a laid back atmosphere. There are no marina's or docks for boats over 25 feet most fishing is done in panga's launched from the beach. There are two lanch ramps in the area. Offshore fishing is excellent in just over an hour of fishing we caught 10 or 12 skip jack tuna 7 albacore and a 14 pound dolphin, fishing from a panga.  David from Andromeda was kind enough to take us fishing and while fishing we stopped by a small island called Isla Iguana. This island is home to thousands of frigate birds (man-o-war birds) the water surrounding the island was crystal clear and had great snorkeling and spear fishing. if the economy were not so tight this could be an area for investment. Ocean view lot and 3000 sq ft home with pool would run about 500,000.00 For more information on these properties contact Allanstone@panamapropertiesinter  Mote Sends Underwater Robots in Search of Oil in Southwest  Florida, Florida Keys  On Monday, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists working in partnership with Rutgers University  launched an underwater robot offshore of Southwest Florida to patrol the Gulf of Mexico for oil.  The robot, called an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, looks like a yellow torpedo and is  equipped with a payload that can detect oil and the chemicals used to disperse it in the water.   Launched from a boat 20 miles west of Venice, the AUV will travel another 80 to 100 miles west-  southwest, patrolling the Continental Shelf perpendicular to the coastline.   Thanks to a grant from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, Mote also has funding  to launch another two gliders off Florida later this week. The first — nicknamed Nemo and owned  by Mote — will look for oil about 15 miles offshore between Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor.  The second — nicknamed Waldo and owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration — is scheduled to be deployed to the Florida Keys, where it will search for oil in  the Straits of Florida — the location oil might appear if it gets carried south by the Loop Current.    Download images/a copy of the map at   http://isurus.mote.org/~lmitchell/Nadine%27s%20Press%20folder/4FriNews/AUVs-  Oil%20Response/   View a short (lo-res) videoclip of a robot underwater   http://www.webbresearch.com/electricglider.aspx   View an updated map of the robots on their mission (NOTE: THIS IS NOT YET LIVE,  BUT WILL BE SOON, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK REGULARLY)   http://coolgate.mote.org/gossamer/      Media contact: Nadine Slimak, public relations manager, nadines@mote.org or 941-302-  4997.    Very soon you will be able to tract these robots on mote's site and get the results of thier test for oil.  These robots are called sliders, and recently one of the sliders got out of control, come to find out after the slider was rescued a pilot fish or remora as they are sometimes call had attached its self to the slider and the slider could not navigate properly.  The good news a least for us is the oil is staying in the northern Gulf of Mexico away from the keys. The experts are saying if and when any oil reaches the keys it would be in the form or tar balls and pancakes. Thee are much easier to handle and clean up. Our hearts go out to our friends in the Northern Gulf.  Tight lines and good fishing Capt Jim