Destination: Panama
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Fri, 29 May 2009 | By k-lero | Views [325] | Comments [11]
Panama, de eso habla este capitulo. Ya he entrado en Centroamerica, me despedi de Sudamerica (o Suramerica, como prefieren que se le llame alla) y ahora me dispongo a recorrer de sur a norte esta estrecha coleccion de paises flanqueados por el Pacifico ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By para | Views [227] | Comments [6]
So after delaying my reintroduction to the blog for a month now I finally plucked up the energy and gathered some lingering thoughts in my mind about what to write and came to a nice little internet cafe in a small town in Panama. After writing for about ... Read more >
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By tpara | Views [205] | Comments [6]
I decided to spend my last night in Costa Rica in a town in the Highlands called San Vito. Of course i missed the turnoff completely and ended up in Palmar Norte 40 kns away, so backtrack i did. The views riding up into the mountains were spectacular.... Read more >
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [164] | Comments [5]
Hallo zu Hause, hier schreibt der inzwischen 31 Jährige! Vielen Dank für Eure Geburtstagsgrüsse, -wünsche und emails! Ich hab mich sehr darüber gefreut! Nachdem ich nun endlich Puerto Obaldia hinter mir gelassen habe, sitze ich nun seit ein paar ... Read more >
Tags: panama city, panama kanal
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [491] | Comments [4]
So I´m still in Bocas del Toro, staying on Isla Bastimentos. It´s so rad! Except my email doesn´t work here for some reason, so I plan on being here a few more days and therefore I guess no email! It´s kinda nice, though. So the entire time we were ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Mon, 26 May 2008 | By caspar | Views [365] | Comments [4]
Mijn laatste paar dagen in centraal amerika heb ik geweid aan de relaxedheid van de Caribische kust. Wel eerst nog twee dagen in Panama City verbracht, waar ik uiteraard het panama kanaal heb bekeken, de ruines van het oude Panama heb bewandeld, en het ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 | By priovolo | Views [212] | Comments [4]
So, just to inform those of you who care or are interested, Joe and I have made a plan for after our trip... We are going to... South Korea. Yes, yes, you read it right. After months of discussion and debate we have made our decision. The opportunities ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [164] | Comments [4]
Hola meine lieben Freunde, oder wie der eingefleischte Kuna sagt: „NUËDI“. Tja was ist denn nun ein Kuna? Tja weiterlesen sag ich nur! Nachdem ich das Paradies Bocas del Torro mit den Traumstränden verlassen habe und mit einem sehr ungemütlichen Nachtbus, ... Read more >
Tags: san blas
Sat, 17 Dec 2005 | By willlou | Views [638] | Comments [3]
For the past few weeks we have been travelling around Panama. We first went to the mountain town of Boquete, which is famous for its coffee and good climate, so good its being colonized by American retirees. Close by is Panamas only volcano, now extinct, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 | By moley | Views [356] | Comments [3]
Hi all, thought I would write about today as its my 80th day in the Americas! Phileas Fogg would probably turn in his grave about the length of time its taken me to get this far! And who would be my Passepartout? I would nominate Sandra as she is the ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Thu, 1 May 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [306] | Comments [3]
Wednesday, April 30 - Friday, May 9, 2008
After my time was up in San Pedro, Costa Rica I took the bus to the Panama border, and then took a 45 minute boat ride to Bocas Del Toro. I made this trip with my roommate Jake in San Pedro. He didn´t get ... Read more >
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 | By sebanddee | Views [162] | Comments [3]
Surely Dee´s Colombian vaccination gave immunity for the both of us from theft, robbery and muggings!? Well apparently not... We arrived back in Panama City from Bocas a day before our flight back to Colombia and had time to kill. We had heard that ... Read more >
Sun, 11 May 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [998] | Comments [2]
Friday, May 9 - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I left Portobelo, Panama at 6 am Friday (May 9) morning via sailboat to the San Blas Islands. It took us 13 hours to get from Portobelo, Panama to the San Blas Islands. We had ten people aboard this ship including ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [952] | Comments [2]
Two weeks ago on Saturday and 600km from Bocas de Torro, we arrived in Panama City´s enormous central bus terminal. We were going to be staying with our former RSPB colleague Rita Besana. Rita was due back from Mexico on Sunday and had deputised ... Read more >
Tags: taxis, panama canal, portobelo, cops, panama city
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Views [888] | Comments [2]
Como não há conexão de estradas entre Panamá e Colômbia, a solução é voar ou ir de barco (veleiro). O custo é praticamente o mesmo. Mais barato caso vc tenha passagem aérea para sair da Colômbia. A maioria dos países não permite o ingresso sem um bilhete ... Read more >
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [505] | Comments [2]
Leaving Bocas Del Toro, we got the bus south (eg: towards the Pacific) to David, Panama´s second largest city. The bus ride was fantastic – across mountains covered in cloud forest, past a large reservoir lake and near the watershed, scrub forest ... Read more >
Tags: yodeling, accordions, air-conditioning, panama
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By irish-rover | Views [171] | Comments [2]
I´m writing this in a mall. A mall. Yes, those three-storey monuments to capitalism, with bright lights, escalaters, dunkin doughnuts, and clean (oh, so clean) toilets. This is definitely the most surreal experience of my entire travels. One day ago ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [161] | Comments [2]
So we´re still going strong! So many things to do...no time to write right this second, but I´m alive, well (better than that!) and in Isla Colon, Panama. Going to the bar tonight, learning scuba and many other things this week, I´ll write a good entry ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 | By w4michael | Views [49] | Comments [2]
Arrived in Panama City's Tocumen International Airport early evening after flying almost all day from Vancouver via Mexico City and Cancun.) Took a taxi to Luna's Castle Hostel in Casco Viejo ($17). Got a dorm bed for $12. Took a very brisk stroll ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [566] | Comments [1]
We had a long journey back
from Panama City to David, and after another stay at Hotel Toledo, we took a
chicken bus north into the highlands, to the town of Boquete. Although the town
itself hasn´t got much to shake a stick at (not quaint, and ... Read more >
Tags: boquete, volcan baru, resplendant quetzal, coffee, senderos los quetzales, cloud forest, white-water rafting
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [367] | Comments [1]
I thought I should write a short note on crabs. This is because, as well as innumerable bugs, Central America also seems to be home to a surprising number of crustaceans. Maybe they know that they´re near the tropic of Cancer and therefore think its ... Read more >
Tags: crabs, ecology, the macarena
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 | By gundis | Views [293] | Comments [1]
09. Januar 2008 Bei der Busfahrt nach Panama City habe ich mit dem Busfahrer gesprochen. Er kann ein bischen Englisch! Im Gespraech fragte er mich ob er mir den Panama Canal zeigen duerte. Ich war so frech und fragte gleich ob ich auch bei seiner ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By priovolo | Views [228] | Comments [1]
With a population of like 50, we cannot understand how a tiny village on a tiny island can produce so much noise! We cannot even say that it was from sun up to sun down, because it even continued during the night! The darkness brought on the symphony ... Read more >
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [226] | Comments [1]
Well, after a gruelling journey from New Zealand to LA, then LA to Houston, Texas we finally made it to Panama City on Sun 26th Oct - which we're counting as day 35! We were met at Panama Tocumen airport by Senora Xiomara who we would be staying with ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By rodolpheandsigi | Views [218] | Comments [1]
Voila, notre periple en Amerique centrale commence a toucher a sa fin. La prochaine fois que nous ecrirons sur ce bloc, nous serons en Colombie! Mais avant de vous expliquer notre voyage jusque la, je vais vous raconter ce qui nous est arrive depuis ... Read more >
