Travel Blogs from Bocas Town, Panama
Episode 20: Snorkeling at Bocas del Toro
... report to it each day, no matter how difficult the assignment. And today's assignment is a gem. Not far from Bocas del Toro, there is a small mangrove island protecting a variety of small fish and a colorful coral reef. Unlike most ...
Brilliant Bocas
... we reached the otherside we got our passports stamped and got a taxi to Alimante, the port town for the Bocas del Toro island and archipelago. This area of Panama is nicknamed "The Mouth of the Bull" and consists of around 300 islands, but only a few are ...
The last country in Central America
After a wild time in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, I have ventured further south to the popular and beautiful Bocas del Toro in Panama. The border crossing into Panama was sort of a pain as "escorts", whether you need or want them or not, make themselves ...
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Bocas....just our kind of place
From Boquete we headed to the Caribbean side of Panama..to Bocas del Toro. We are currently staying on Isla Colon in Bocas town. Nathan is taking Spanish classes while I am doing ... let's say...nothing. Just hanging out..enjoying the Caribbean vibe, ...
Life on the island
... now and have had an awesome time. Just the fact that I am back in Latin America makes me smile. When I arrived in Panama City the annual Carnival was being celebrated. The Latin America carnival is celebrated every year 40 days before Easter. It consists ...
Endless Banana Plantations
... in one day. Put in perspective, this morning we were on the Pacific side of Costa Rica; tonight, we are sleeping on an island on the Carribean side of Panama! Perhaps we should have flown....but we would have missed this land of wonder and ...
Goodbye to Beaches
Our last beach stop for a while... Bocas del Toro Bocas is a small, layed back town on an island in the Bocas del Toro archipeligo, off the coast of Panama. The town itself is cute, and oddly, doesn´t have a beach. The town goes right up to ...
From Costa Rica to Panama by bus, taxi and boat
I woke up by my alarm at 7:00, time to get ready to go to Panama (From Puerto Veijo to Bocas Town).. Had a shower, made some bread for breakfast and on the way.. And around 7:30 I walked to the bus terminal to get my ticket to Sixaola. After buying my ...
Oh wie schön ist Panama!
"Weisst du, Tiger, in Panama ist alles viel schöner als hier" "Wirklich, Bär?" "Ja, weil in Panama riecht alles nach Bananen!" (Janosch - "Oh wie schön ist Panama") Um herauszufinden, ob das wirklich stimmt, machten wir uns auf den Weg nach ...
Dia 20. Bocas del Toro - Buceo
*** PLANING *** Dia de Buceo en Bocas del Toro. Hacer dos o tres inmersiones según veamos. Hotel: Yellow Jack Hostal (www.yellow-jack.com) Precios por Noche: Casa familiar (4 pax.) 80$ ( 14 € Aprox. por ...
Panama's just a canal...isn't it?
The gang Ive got myself involved with arrived here in Bocas del Toro (on the Caribbean coast), Panama from Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica last night after a rugged and painful journey of 1 1/2 hours to the border at Sixaola with some American guys ...
Jungle Island Fun!
Well these islands are bloody awesome! Have been here 4 nights now. First 3 we stayed in Bocas town in a nice hotel for $7.50 a night, Really good price. only bad part was it was run by really grumpy chinese people who owned the supermarket below as well! ...
Who needs a car?
... live in this area in little wooden huts carrying their goods by use of a strap around their heads. As most of Panama, the adult population live a rural life tending their animals, dressed accordingly, the most surprising thing is that the kids ...
Bocas Del Toro
Bocas Del Toro - From the canal we headed to the Island of Bocas Del Toro, off the Caribbean coast of Panama. This is a relaxed island where we stayed for a few days, but the weather wasn't great, with quite a lot of rain. Did a boat trip ...
Change of Plans
... to continue sailing. Of course, that means we are selling the boat. We are hoping to sell it while here in Panama. . We have had over 4 years of exciting sailing experiences and have met over 800 like-minded individuals from all over the ...
Rained Off
... true example of good service and justice! Got to Bocas and got the boat to the main island Colon. We had heard great things about Bocas but I think we were both a tad disapointed; I know I was for sure. We stayed the night in a fine room but decided ...
Caribbean
... which speeds you at a fair rate of knots through the mangrove swamps, onto the open sea and into a jetty at Bocas del Toro, the main town on the southern peninsula of Isla Colon. The islands in the archipelago boast natural beauty to the tourist with ...
Runing to the rain
... trees fallen down everywhere definatly will be a while till they clean that up. Apart from that the bus ride was pretty chill. Bocas town So i arrived by water taxi it was still raining meet a couple people and we started looking for a hostel, funny ...
Bocas del Toro
... relative to everything else. We are leaving in the morning back to Costa Rica and overall I was thoroughly impressed by Panama. The people are super friendly and are eager to make a good impression. Until the US government allows us to head to ...
Catching fish in Bastimientos
Bocas town is for partiers and Bastimientos for relaxation. Between the red rooster and the crystal clear waters we caught some fish and ate ...
Panama for sale
We got a great welcoming to Panama: a large procession of children dressed up in white suits and long boots with drums. Actually they were celebrating independence. It was a fairly tame affair but it was getting live coverage on the local news channel for ...
traveling is easy.... yeah sure.
Anybody who tells you gettting to Bocas Del Toro is easy, either flew in here or is flat out lying to you. Where should I start. After my post new years alcohol and drug induced hangover, I felt the ominous feeling of a virus of ...
Bocas del Toro
... Intramerican on a/c buses but the last 4.5 hour stretch over the hills to the port was a killer. Took all day, not arriving in Bocas Town on Colon Island until gone 5pm, to find no rooms available anywhere in town in my price range. A nice lady called ...
Easter at Bocas del Toro
... Took just about 4 hours to drive to Bocas through Cera Punta and almirante. For $4 each and $3/day parking we took a water taxi to Bocas Town on Colon. Taxi ride took about 20 minutes to island where it was HOT. Humidity is pretty high and sun is strong. ...
Boat trips to secluded beaches
... . Ended up going out on another boat trip to Los Cayos Zapatillos, which were these two islands on the outermost stretches of the Bocas Archipelago. It was the most incredible beach I have ever been to and we had it all to ourselves. We lounged, ...
Happy New Year
... crowded with shipping boats and tour boat. The local airport looked abandoned although we were told there was a daily flight to Panama City during high season. The jail looked full, and the inmates, mostly blacks (sorry, no racial profile intended), ...
Monchinhio!
... Denis, re-teuf de l´espace a l´Aqua Lounge en mode Ladies Night. Puis 2 bars avec Mandy et Sunanda dechirees. Tout petit dodo. Depart temprano de Monchi pour Panama City et on se tire vers Santa Catalina. C est sympa ce blog mais ca fait mal aux mains. ...

