Historical and beautiful Hotel Panamonte, in Boquete. Joseph Wright, a spirited Texan and retired railroad conductor, opened the Boquete hotel in 1914 with just five rooms. In those days, “Pop Wright’s Hotel,” as it was called, hosted weary travelers to Boquete who had made the journey from David by train, ox cart or foot, as there was no road. Wright would lure tired, arriving travelers to the hotel with the offer of a complimentary cold guava and rum cocktail. During the ensuing decades, the small Boquete bed and breakfast saw its share of notable guests, including Teddy Roosevelt and Charles Lindbergh, who dropped in during a flight through Central America. The great explorer Admiral Richard Byrd holed up at the Panamonte to finish writing his memoirs about his Antarctic expeditions. During the past 20 years, the Panamonte has also hosted a new kind of visitor: ecotravelers and birdwatchers who come to envelop themselves in lush, verdant rainforest and view wild fauna and the hundreds of birds that live in or migrate through Boquete, including the Resplendent Quetzal.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:54:21 +0000
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