The Trials and Tribulations of the GeoCrew

• So, here it is, a bit late in the posting, number 4 on our series of Caribbean Full Moon Gatherings. This time on the world famous Red Frog Beach, Bastimentos Island in Bocas del Toro. Flying in, all the way from England, three amazing artists from the chill out, progressive and full on UK psytrance family: Weirdy Beardy, Simon Baring & Robin Triskele Ready for one more? http://ping.fm/Xq2TT
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• Welcome to the third in our series of free Caribbean Full Moon parties! This one being held in the wonderfully named Boca del Drago (Mouth of the Dragon) on a gorgeous beach with palm trees and coral reefs. Featuring the very best from the dutch psytrance scene with Dj Zen and Sunshow, starring Entheogenic returning after touring Europe and Russia and more acts from UK, USA, Spain and, of course, Panama. 6-8 April. Bocas del Toro. Panama. http://ping.fm/drP6o
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• Finally, here is our review of the epic GeoParadise Full Moon Gathering of December 2011 on Isla Grande!!!: http://geoparadise.org/events/full-moon-gatherings/reviews/isla-grande. Thanks again to all the people who came and the Lancha boys from Puerto Lindo for their great help!
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• Back in Boca Del Drago, after 10 days of paper work in Panama city. The Ngöbe-Buglé had a unanimous win, the government agreed with their terms; the rainforest gets to live a little longer. Spent the day swimming with Ocean. The water is crystal clear and the corals beautiful. I Love Noa, she puts galaxies of energy into what we do and she gorgeous....... How lucky am I :D
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• On Monday the 30th January the Ngöbe-Buglé occupied the streets and blocked several major roads in the North-West of Panama, stopping any traffic through this part of central America. They are protesting about two things, 1st Plans for a hydro electric power station 2nd Plans for extensions to an already problematic copper mine Both plans involve displacement of Ngöbe-Buglé villages and major destruction of pristine rainforest, valleys and mountains.... Their ancestral lands. This has caused major disruption to Panama. Food and fuel has been delayed getting to the markets, cars are running on empty and tourist are not able to get to their destinations. The government under Martinelli are concerned, in response they have withheld humanitarian aid citing that the workers were to scared to enter the Comarca. Martineli offered to fly a representative group to the capitol in a helicopter to hold talks. The minister of tourism and a high ranking member of the clergy visited there area to see if they could diffuse the situation. The Ngöbe-Buglé refused these short term publicity stunts, they want to talk with the legislative not the ministerial power. Meanwhile Martineli is suggesting that foreign interest groups and opposition groups are responsible for agitating this situation. The suggestion being that this is not his problem. Hmmm! Today the road blocks were temporally lifted allowing produce and people through. Something went terribly wrong, the police shot several Ngöbe-Buglé killing one. The Ngöbe-Buglé responded by burning down a police hut on the side of the road, harming no one. The road blocks are back up and thousands of Ngöbe-Buglé are heading down from the hills to join the protest, facing tear gas and more. Now the Kuna and Embera indians have joined their indigenous colleagues in protesting with their own road blocks over encroachments into their ancient tribal lands, from governmental and commercial bodies. The indigenous communities have joined forces and are also protesting in the city of Panama. We are joining the march to the presidential compound. While we don't have the answers to this problem we do know that any form of violent repression of the creative and wonderful people of the earth is not a solution. Meet these people at the table and work things out for the best of all parties concerned, it'll probably take some time. Remember we live on an ancient planet and it took time to get here. SO here we are! Mother, father and two year old daughter prepared to be counted........ HOW ABOUT YOU? DO YOU EVEN CARE?
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• Great weekend of coolest soundz with Entheogenic @ Nitro City in Punte Chame. Big thanks to Murli and the BPM crew for hosting this and us. Just got to find my shoes now as they appeared to have walked off by themselves. :D
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• Aah! The suns just rising in Bocas Del Toro. Off to the beach for a morning swim then we'll jump in a boat and cruise around the islands looking for the next Full Moon Gathering venue. I LOVE THIS JOB!!
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• Yeeeha! Just back from a great Full Moon Gathering. Totally crazy start, got kicked off Isla Mamey even though we had prior agreement with the management (Big thanks for that). Found another location on Isla Grande and it ROCKED. Right proper weekender with amazing music and the best crowd going. Even had an acoustic after party. THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN :D
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• In Puerto Lindo, with the rig and the first of the crew, drinking Piña Coladas getting ready for Isla Mamey Full Moon Gathering ;D
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• Massive shout to the CLUELESS SYSTEM... Deep inside your brain... ;P Priceless absolutely priceless, been enjoying the trip down raver lane..
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• Back in rusty old New York after 3 weeks of California dreaming. Heading off to the march tomorrow for a bit of peaceful solidarity against the financial powers that insist on bringing the world to its knees. Anyone want to join us?
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• Finally put enough energy out there and found Ras Chris in Grass Valley!!! Now chilling and squezzing ideas out of our brains regarding geoparadise upcoming projects. Be prepared for fun: There are many surprises round the corner!!! Woop woop! ;D
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• Day 8 of the Californian Odissey: Pulse SF, After burn @Temple SF, Elements Campout and now we find ourselves in Grass Valley looking for our mate Chris. Anybody knows anything or would like to meet up? We are gonna be here a few days before heading to Earthdance NorCal. :)
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• Just touched down in San Francisco, looking for things to do and places to go.. Any suggestions would be appreciated :D. We are going to Earthdance in a couple of weeks, leaves us with plenty of time to get it Oooon! Missed The Afterburn: Rites Of Passage last night.. Only had 2 hours sleep in the previous 48.. Pretty gutted mind!
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• Having survived the earthquake with the aid of a bottle beer, we're now faced with the possibility of being hit by a hurricane.... I'm thinking a bottle of rum's gotta help this time ;P
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• Bring it on 3000km fast drive from Hungry to Portugal via a morning in Venice. Had a great time at Freedom Festival swimming in the lake listening to the music. Big up to Sane Gobi, was good to meet you :D Sitting in the rain in New York now getting ready for the Pig Roast... ;P
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• OMG Ozora was fantastic, 30,000 of the very best people made this event easily the best one of the year. Entheogenics set raised the bench mark past the stratosphere. Big up to all the US East coast crew, Costa Rica, England (especially the decor crew), Amsterdam and every one else we met :D Off to Freedom now, phew! buzzin' tour....
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• BRING IT OOOOON! Contrary to the weather reports it's not raining....... the suns shinning and we're avin' it proper styleeeee. Summer Never Ends you deserve a drop or two..... ;P
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• Phew! Vuuv was great but bloody wet... In a hostel in Nuremberg washing off all the mud.. Feels like we're back in England ;P Off to Switzerland and Summer Never Ends tomorrow. The suns now shining and the skies are blue, its gonna be fantastic. We'll post some Photos soon.
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• Had a great time at Antaris. We are now sitting in the camp site, drinking beer, waiting for the VooV to start. Another hard day in the GeoParadise trail!
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• Just starting our non stop EU promo tour... Antaris, Vuuv, Summer Never Ends, Ozora and Freedom Festival. Anyone wants to meet up, give us a poke or something and we'll msg you our our phone number :D
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• We´ll be @ Art Block in Panama City this evening, telling everyone about our Kuna Yala Full Moon Gathering in San Blas on 18-19 April.http://ping.fm/xoZ6p
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• Just got back from Archipelago Fest. Gorgeous production on a beautiful island. Saw a whale leaping out of the water.
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• We just got back from a meeting with the Boruka Indians, we have more meetings in a couple of months with other Costa Rican Tribes. With luck several tribes will be attending next years event, probably in Panama. We are organizing a council of Indigenous elders from the Americas along with workshops, ritual dancers and stalls with their craftwork. Its all very exciting :D
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• Had the debrief meeting in Sinai yesterday, all good... A big thank you to everyone. Planning for the future.. Right now we going to Drake Bay to hang with monkeys and swim in the sea, another hard day in Paradise.
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• Thanks so much to everyone who joined us. We are now having a proactive after-party @ Playa Tortuga (Ojochal) where we´ll be planing for the near future and forming work teams. Everybody welcome. It´s free!
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• Merry Christmas. One week to go... Big shout goes out to Betty, our cook. Thanks for a great party last night. The site is looking amazing and the crew are having a day off (shh! don't tell but I think they all nursing hangovers).
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• We are co-creating with the entire community of Sinai.. The meeting with the village yesterday was magical... All the locals here are very excited about the upcoming gathering and are all lending a hand to help make this a very special event indeed. Honestly things have moved on passed our wildest dreams, everyone is going to be blown away by the empathy here:D
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• Yeaha we are in Costa Rica, time for a pina colada and a ocean sunset
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• Mexico,Guatemala,El Salvador,Honduras,Nicaragua... in time for a pacific ocean sunset.The Sound System is almost there!
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• We are driving the Sound System from México to Costa Rica so, for a week or so we won´t be online. We´ll be back and respond all emails once we are there! Looking forward to meet the happiest country in the world. loooool
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• GeoParadise New Years Gathering in Costa Rica: Tickets are available now online! www.geoparadise.org. Celebrate life & Leave Positive Trace!
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• Welcome to GeoParadise new website. Have a look, enjoy and contact us,please, if you have any questions or find any bugs!
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• TRAVEL AND LOCATION http://ping.fm/KTlxp
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• http://ping.fm/p/Sas9w - Testing now updates from the email with pictures: Zicatela, Puerto Escondido. It
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• Testing status updates via sms-ping.fm, so we can send info in real time. Would it work?
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• Tweaking the final details of the new website. Today is sunny and life is great!
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