Isla Grande, Panama

We stop in at Isla Grande and meet up with some friends, walk up to the Lighthouse on the island and even play some tennis. Rowing back out to Palantir in the evening we come across another boat we know. They inform us that a wonderful person came out to thier boat and sold them a turtle which they planned to eat that evening. This was exactly the wrong thing to say in front of Jan. She politely but passionately describes the plight of the Pacific Green turtle and has the woman in tears. Turtle is hard to cook and as we feared she ended up throwing the whole lot away. But at least they will not encourage the local fisherman to slaughter turtles for cruising boats anymore.