Comments on: El desfile de los bomberos de David

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:12:22 +0000

Hi Chester and Priscilla. If you open the link tab at the top of this page, you will find links to other sites that are Panama related.

Thanks for stopping in.

By: Chester & Priscilla Lynton

Chester & Priscilla Lynton — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:08:16 +0000

Hello Don,thank you for sharing your lovely pictures of Panama with us. My wife and I are both from the good old Canal Zone. I did 20 years of service with the USAF and was fortunate to have served two tour of duty at Albrook AFB, and a second tour at Howard AFB, we left In 1979, I am now retired and living in Clovis, NM., but to this day we still miss our Panama and your photos along with Lee’s & Jennifer has surely made us home sick, and we hope to visit Panama some time in 2007. Keep up the great work you guys are doing with the picture and let us know of other sites with picture of Panama. Thanks again and “God Bless.

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Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Pana-Blogs Report — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:38:42 +0000

[...] #1: From Chiriqui Chatter: El Desfile de los Bomberos en David , a very colorful report on a traditional firemen parade that takes place in most large cities in Panama to commemorate the independence festivities of the country. In this case Don shares a collection of photos and even a video which will make you feel you were there. Besides being the Independence from Spain Holiday, it is also the day that recognizes the firemen of David. This could be true all over Panama, but I do not know that. I heard yesterday that there was going to be the annual Parade of the Firemen in the evening. Since I had never seen it, I decided to head down to the center of town. Read the complete post! [...]

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:29:29 +0000

Hi Ron. Thanks for leaving a comment. Have a safe journey and I will see you in January.

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:31:03 +0000

Great photos and video Don. We were in Boquete for their Bomberos torch parade. Because Boquete is so small the Bomberos made a second lap around the downtown area. Nice to meet you the other day. We’ll see you again when we return to Chiriqui in January.

Hasta luego,
Ron and Kim Miller

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:56:21 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment Javier. I am happy that you are enjoying my efforts. I consider your home town my home town.

By: Javier

Javier — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:53:24 +0000

Hi Don

I want to thank you for taking your time in showing us pictures and videos from Panama specially from my home town…..mil gracias

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:58:55 +0000

Hi Janet. I am pleased that you enjoyed the video. I took videos of the David Parade today, so they will be on when I get a chance.

By: Janet Fields-Himes

Janet Fields-Himes — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:36:11 +0000

Wow, Gracias. I so enjoyed the video, brought back many old and happy memories. I am sitting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania watching your video when I would rather be home in Panama. Please do more, it is so nice to see and hear things from “home”.

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:53:16 +0000

Hi Bob. Thanks for leaving a comment. I thought it was a big crowd. I was not expecting that many people.

I told Movie Maker to compress for a lower bandwidth. That gives you less frames per second and it helps here in Panama since I am running at 256Kbps.

You are watching my video from YouTube also.