Chester on the beach at the Villas of Playa del Paradisio property.

Chester Kroeger has had an interest in the island lifestyle since he was a young boy growing up in the Florida Keys.  While he continues to make yearly visits to his birthplace he has traveled extensively across the Caribbean and Central America.  His search for "Paradise" came to fruition when he and some close friends from College vacationed in Bocas del Toro back in 2002.  Today, he spends approximately four months per year in Panama while maintaining operations of the highly successful Fudpucker's restaurants in Fort Walton Beach and Destin, Florida.  He is also a principal in several development businesses that have holdings in Florida and a partner in a advertising and marketing company.  He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Coastal Zone Management.

His interests are fishing, diving, gardening and reading.  He also thinks he can sing.  He is married to an incredible woman he met on a blind date and they have four incredibly talented children.

Don with two of our rescued pet monkeys; a white face capuchin and a spider monkey on the back deck of our house in Bocas Town.

Don King has "literally" traveled the world. He has had an affinity for the tropics ever since he was a kid growing up on the east coast of Florida. This love grew to grand proportion when he learned to scuba dive in college and led him to a lifetime of adventure. After graduation, he traveled to the Fareast where he worked as a teacher on the islands of Guam & Yap. He vacationed extensively along the Pacific Rim and eventually found work in the marine sciences and in various environmental fields. After returning to the United States he met his wife and settled in to a more sedate existence. While working as an IT guy with Motorola he decided that his lust for adventure is far from satisfied and began traveling again this time with his new wife. It was on a trip to Panama that they found their place in the sun.

Don holds a BS in Marine Biology and Marine Sciences and his interests are diving, dancing and raising seahorses. He also runs a school for Ngobe Indian children in Bocas.

He and his wife had their vfirst child, Kylie Oceanna in Panama last year. They believe this is a great place to raise a family.