Destination: Panama

From the Pacific to the Carribean and back-in a day!

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [539]

Last adventure in Panama 16 August 2010 Up at 5 am-haven't done that for a while! All to catch the Panama Canal Train from Panama city to Colon on the Caribbean coast. We thought we may not make it as the cabs were already busy ... Read more >

Out and about in Panama city

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [501]

Panama City 11-15 August 2010 We have spent the last few days looking around the city. Our hostel is not far from the major banking and commercial area of El Cangrejo and after a productive morning,when we actually managed ... Read more >

On the Buses to The Panama Canal

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [1104]

Panama City 10 August 2010 After our free breakfast of coffee, juice and toast we left Casa de Carmen late morning and caught a local bus to the Allbrook Terminal and Mall-American style huge and new with dozens of ... Read more >

Photos: Panama

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Photo Gallery

The wheels on the bus go round and round-all the way to Panama

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [722]

Bocas Del Toro To Panama City Monday 9 August 2010 It was a beautiful morning as we left Bocas by water taxi ($US4) at 7.30. It was still quiet in the streets-the vultures were out picking at the rubbish but even the ... Read more >

Photos: Panama

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Photo Gallery

Bocas Del Toro-Reggae and Rasta

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [2275]

Bocas Del Toro Panama August 4 2010 Our first full day was spent just walking around the place checking out the shops, having a coffee and doing some grocery shopping. We have a great kitchen at the hostel -only things ... Read more >

crossing the border to Panama

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 | By jilly | Views [1111]

Panama Border August 3 Our last morning in Cahuita-we got up early and posted some postcards as we were about to leave Costa Rica and they had Costa Rican stamps. The PO was down a sandy side road and right next to the police ... Read more >

Getting Ready!

Tue, 4 May 2010 | By primosnomads | Views [384]

Well... tonight we found the best and cheapest way to Perú: FLYING!!! looks like will be leaving from my city on june 1 and comming back june 13... we have to spend 8 hours in Guayaquil airport in one way... but comming back we have to spend one night ... Read more >

Three Birthdays and a Funeral

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 | By mrandrew | Views [3547]

After staying with a Panamanian family in Boquete for 6 weeks I am now an adopted part of their family. They insist that I come back in ten years time with some kids, a wife and my by-then-old travelling boots (because you apparently can't buy good work ... Read more >

Pananamana

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 | By robrobjos | Views [1378] | Comments [1]

Last time I wrote, we were setting off blind (after waking up to the wrong time zone), looking for some luck to get us past the impassable Darian gap in Panama to find our destination Colombia, in need of some luck... Regreso. We arrived ... Read more >

Tags: fun

unexpected Bocas del Toro

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 | By sunlighter | Views [262]

Puisque nous avons voyagé beaucoup depuis la première semaine et que nous avons passé la moitié de notre temps dans des autobus, nous avond décidé de canceller deux destinations, soit Monteverde et Tortuguero. Nous sommes revenu a San José et nous avons ... Read more >

Mouths of the Bull, Lost and Found

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 | By mrandrew | Views [578]

Bocas del Toro (Mouths of the Bull) boasts some nice Caribbean beaches on nice Caribbean islands. The ocean is a beautiful shade of blue and coconut trees cling to every inch of soil or rock. I stayed near red frog beach, named after the tiny red frogs ... Read more >

Boquete Spanish school, homestay and gameshow

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By mrandrew | Views [591]

Boquete is a sleepy town in the mountains of western Panama, full of coffee farms, stray dogs and the occasional gringo, come for a cheap place to retire in an idyllic climate. It also has a great Spanish school where I have studied for the last couple ... Read more >

Carnival - Las Tablas

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By mrandrew | Views [1740] | Comments [1]

At its best, carnival is thousands of people moving to Hispanic music, water spraying from above, cheap drinks, friendly and beautiful people - for 16 hours a day for 4 days. Panama city is said to host the second biggest carnival in the world but Panamanians ... Read more >