Destination: Panama
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [5755] | 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: cops, panama canal, panama city, portobelo, taxis
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [2315] | 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: accordions, air-conditioning, panama, yodeling
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [2611]
After three and a half months in Costa Rica it was time to say goodbye to Rancho Mastatal and start our Central American journey. We spent a few days back in San Jose (after a surprisingly uneventful bus journey to Puriscal – the road was even ... Read more >
Tags: baracudas, bocas del toro, coral reefs, desert islands, inappropriate development, panama border crossing
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [3421] | 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
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 | By lize_youdie | Views [1462]
we stank when we arrived in Panama, like wee, and we are still telling ourselves it is dog wee and not human. While filling out forms at the border we put our bags down, and it must have been in a puddle. gross. Every bus we then got on we got some ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Aug 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By tpara | Views [845] | 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 >
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By seths-pad | Views [651]
Its been a while since i journalled because i have been laying low hoping that i will fight ouf all these infections etc. I am now back in Costa rica in belen a small town outside of San Jose. Before leaving Panama I went to the grand opening of the ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By rodolpheandsigi | Views [592] | 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 >
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 | By bthall | Views [668]
Ok...ok...ok...ok....so, panama is awesome...even though i have had
some downs here, it still is...i'll explain more in a sec...so
i left boquete a week ago last monday morning and caught the express
bus, ~ 7 hrs, down to panama city...but it really ... Read more >
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 | By sebanddee | Views [796] | 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 >
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