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Bocas del Torro

22. Feb
- Mit bus von Panama Stadt nach Almirante (kurz vor Coast Ricanischer grenze)
- Busfahrer Gefahren wie ein henker
- Angekommen in Almirante hat uns ein Taxi mitgenommen fuer 1 Dollar an Hafen....auf der Ladeflaeche seines Pick ups (war nix zum drehen ;)
- Am Hafen Ticket gekauft und gewartet
- Dann mit vollgas und …

Muchos Graçias Muchachos

Bocas del Toro or Bocas Town is in the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro and the district of Bocas del Toro. Changuniola, located on the mainland is the capital of the Province. It is a town and a tourist resort located on the southern tip of Colón Island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Bocas Town had 12,996 residents in …

Bocas del Toro

I left Puerto Viejo nice and early and headed for the Panamanian border. I exited Costa Rica and entered no man's land. When I got to the Panama immigration, they wanted to see my onward ticket. As I had booked a flight out from Panama city online, I didn't have a copy of my itinerary or ticket receipt. So I was told I would have to go and buy a …

BBQ with our neighbors

Did I mention that we even have neighbors?

The house to our right has an older man that lives there and manages most of the homes on the beach. He organized a BBQ which includes our family, himself, and "the kids" which are 4 people staying together, ranging from 18 to 28 years old.

Our kids have been very excited about this for a …

Lazy sunday afternoon

Hallo zusammen

In der Zwischenzeit haben wir uns eine Homepage fuer unsere Reise zugelegt. So koennt ihr immer sehen wo wir gerade sind bzw. was wir alles erleben.

Die Adresse lautet:

petraythomas.wobistdujetzt.com

Immer wenn wir einen neuen Eintrag erfassen, bekommt ihr ein email.

Heute haben wir einen …

A quick trip turned into a week long stay...

We crossed into Panama from Chiquita, Costa Rica at the Sixoala border crossing. It was fairly uneventful except we had to prove we had an exit ticket from Panama, which thankfully we had.

Once over the border, the gringo magnets were on us in an instant trying to get us on a tourist bus to Bocas. Initially we declined and went to look …

3 Water Taxi travel day

Well, we´re here... we made it to Isla Bastimentos after all. Josef and Maria took us by their launch to Almirante, a village on the mainland. United Fruit Company is in Almirante and they ship bananas to the USA and Europe. We could see the shipping area as we pull into Almirante. Otherwise, Almirante looked very poor, with wooded shacks for homes …

My First Spanish-Only Day

Because Lucia was busy in her conspiratorial plotting, and because I couldn't walk very well, I hopped into the water taxi headed for the touristy hot-spot of Bocas (photos). It was rather uneventful and expensive, but I had my first day where I spoke only in Spanish. It seems small and somewhat silly, but I was able to order lunch, buy food from …

A quick trip to Panama...Bastementos to be exact!!

Took a trip into Panama via Puerto Viejo!! Rick needed to update his passport, so a trip across the border was in need!! Hopped a bus to Sixola and crossed a wicked bridge to get to Panama!! You had to walk across and half way there the time changes one hour and you are in Panama!! First a taxi ride to the boat taxis! A taxi ride in a boat for 45 …

PanamA, PAnama!

After picking Joel up from San Jose, we headed straight for Bocas town to begin our Panamanian adventure. Bocas is an archipelago consisting of 68 islands and mangrove keys...we visited 2. And the LP says....A few of the islands were named by Columbus when he visited the territory in 1502 (Ilsa colon), and because little gold was found in the area …