hi,everyone
raining a bit now in beautiful santa catalina panama but mostly sunny,good diving in coiba,surfing is up as well with good morning tides and quite a few tourists in town.
busy here at hotel sol y mar opening the restaurant,chef Manuel Gomez is already behind the stove and soon will be the opening.take care and don't forget to visit us when you come to santa catalina

May 6th 2009 was a good day for surfing in santa catalina panama

took a picture in the morning with the low tide and later went out at like 2pm,the winds stayed off-shore and it got really good am now at solymar by the reception waiting for some guests that reserved to stay tonight at the hotel

back to santa catalina soon

hi
one week of holidays to go and then back in panama,straight to santa catalina, hopefully there will be some waves and oportunity to go diving as well.right now have a cold caus is so coooold here

Hi
still in portugal,having fun and missing Santa Catalina already,back in Panama the 31st,will go straight home and try and surf and dive a bit.speaking of which,put a video on you Tube of a whale shark we saw while diving coiba here is the link VIDEO
Have fun wherever you are and remember,if you want to come to Santa Catalina to surf, fish, snorkel, dive , travel to coiba island,come stay at sol y mar,we have the best rooms and promise you a good time

hi

still in portugal but already missing panama and santa catalina.even more now that received

some pictures from the surf that shows me its going off.soon will be surfing the point again

hi
just letting everyone know that Luis Silva,the owner of Sol y Mar is not going to be in Santa catalina till the end of March,he is on holidays in Portugal,after two years non stop in Catalina.But Sol y Mar is in business and being managed by his friend Alan Page,who is taking good care of our guests as is the standart in our hotel.he can be reached at the hotels nr (00507) 60415411.take care

hi
again no internet,so not able to update the blog as often as would like.
if you wonder what has been going on in Santa catalina,the waves have been small but today we have some and looks like tomorrow will pick up a bit more,so surfing is going to be making my day tomorrow.Have been wanting to go scuba-diving to Coiba Island for the last few days,but the Hotel has been too busy and couldn´t get away for a full-day trip.
also if you are looking to book a room at sol y mar,expect two days maximum for your mails to be answered,for we have to go to Soná to get internet.
but the good news is we already have cell phone coverage at Sol y Mar (not yet the rest of Santa Catalina,but a cell tower is going to be built in the next few weeks ), so you can reach us at (00507) 60415411
see you soon,good surfing and diving wherever you are
Luis