Bocas del Toro, Panama Travel Blogs

Panama!!!! (sung to Van Halen tune)
Feb 13, 2007 (9 photos)

... Changuinola. At Changuinola we could hop a water taxi through a jungle-enclosed river and out into open water towards the island of Bocas Del Toro. Our luck was holding. On the boat we sat next to a friendly expat couple, Janis and Danny, who were in the ...

Some like it hot
Feb 10, 2006 (5 photos)

... a dismal town, in the middle of Chiquita Banana loading dock and Chiquita banana boat, a REALLY big ship) to the Bocas del Toro Archipelago. We spent the night at Sea View Hospadaje on Isla Bastimentos. The hotel was pretty primitive, but very very cool ...

Christmas Panamanian style.
Dec 26, 2004 (16 photos)

I am spending Christmas on Cayo Carenero. Just a two minute boat ride across from Isla Colón and the tourist town of Bocas del Toro. It's a beautiful tiny island and I have splashed out for a couple of nights at comfortable hotel Tierra Verde. I don't know ...

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May 9, 2007

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Panama, land of the canal and so much more...
May 5, 2003 (45 photos)

... first entry I have made about traveling without Emma... Takes some time to adapt here, being together for 3 months... Of course Bocas del Toro is a classic destination and I´ve already been here so I'm not going to talk much about it in this entry. Tomorrow ...

Panama: Its pretty frickin sweet
Jan 11, 2006 (3 photos)

Panama: It's Pretty Frickin' Sweet Bocas Del Toro, Panama - Having been reunited with my 'travel team' again after more than two years apart - after doing our own separate things in our own separate places -Andy and Amber met me in Panama City just ...

The last country in Central America
Nov 20, 2004 (2 photos)

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 themsleves ...

Last night in Bocas
May 26, 2003 (5 photos)

Recap: we're all a little short on cash, so we cooked, drank boxed wine and hung out in the room....then headed to the bar for a little bit to say goodbye!

Bocas del Toro....the start of trouble!
May 22, 2003 (11 photos)

... through Customs was simple, it cost us $5.00 each, the German guy Mark that we were with got in for free, apparently Germany and Panama sleep together. Then we were led to a truck($10 each for an hour drive and 45 minute boat trip). All is good at this ...

Are you sure this is a boat?
May 24, 2003 (11 photos)

Wake up and it looks as though it's going to rain all day, which is no fun when you're at the beach, but turned out to be a great day. John, the owner of the ONLY bar called the Wreck Deck...the name says it all, AA members do not go! Anyway John took us ...

Pandemonium in Panamania
Dec 13, 2003

... . Oh well, not wanting to break with my normal tradition, I had a wee snooze on the summit! Then off to Bocas del Toro, an island Archipelagos off the north coast of Panama. A really beautiful but completely bonkers place, I felt right at home. ...

Breakdancing and Dolphins
May 25, 2003 (15 photos)

Recap: Dolphin Bay.....saw the dolphins but couldn't really swim with them b/c when we got in we were surrounded by jellyfish. So, then off to a beach where we were attacked by sand fleas....then, finished the night off with a little breakdancing. All ...

Panama Hats!
Jul 4, 2007 (15 photos)

... heading to Changuinola. Once in the town we needed to get a small minibus to Finca 60 which is where the boats travel to Bocas Del Toro from. Cool, us and a Taiwanese guy we had met in Puerto Viejo jumped in the minibus and arrived in good time to get on ...

Bloody Mary Friday
May 23, 2003 (15 photos)

We all wake up...Chaney has a killer craving for a bloody mary, so after some searching we found a place on the water and met up with everyone for a morning cocktail and breakfast. Good, although it became a joke that all the garnishes on the drinks were ...

Bocas....just our kind of place
Aug 26, 2007 (26 photos)

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, ...

2001 -- Una odisea de las Américas
Jan 2, 2002

... across the Canadian Praries, Canadian Shields. Then went through USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, got robbed in Antigua, sick to the stomach in San Pedro, bitten by a dog in La Liberdad, and thats pretty ...

Snorkeling and Chilling-out at Isla Colon
Feb 15, 2009 (5 photos)

Krasny den do vasich mysli ;) je to tady super. Vcera jsme byli na na mistni party ve stylu reggae, ktera se pak dostala do stylu reggaeton. Bylo to paradni a dobre jsem si zatancil. ;) Potkal jsem tu holandsky holciny, ktere jsem potkal pred par dny v ...

Rain and Chocolate on Bastimentos
Feb 15, 2009 (11 photos)

... to take shape. The jungle is still thick in most areas. We saw many of the colorful poison frogs that are found in Panama. After the rain stopped our group went back to Old Bank on a mission to find the organic chocolate farm called "Up in the ...

Dia 20. Bocas del Toro - Buceo
Sep 10, 2009

*** 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 persona) ...

Panama's just a canal...isn't it?
Dec 11, 2006

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 surf- ...

Heading for waves
Dec 31, 2007 (8 photos)

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Jungle Island Fun!
Jul 15, 2007

... repetoire. His name was johnson and he had a gold tooth, quite a cool guy! Anyway we have to leave tomorrow as wel only have one week  left and want to go to a village in a volcano crater before Panama city, is sad to leave this sweet island!!!

Bastimentos- exploring some of the interior
Feb 17, 2009 (15 photos)

Today we hiked back into the nature reserve that Eclypse de Mar owns and also went beyond it until it got too thick and muddy. We were looking for the sloths, iguanas and caimen that live in the area but no luck. We did see a few poison-arrow frogs, ...

Bocas Del Toro
Dec 19, 2004 (2 photos)

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 ...

Runing to the rain
Dec 10, 2008

So after asking several sources about the weather in bocas del toro i hoped on a mini bus and B lined it for the caribean sea. About half way here it started pouring and pouring some more not super hard like in costa rica but enough. Bus ride. so on ...

Isla Bastimentos - Day 3, The Shop
Mar 23, 2008 (12 photos)

... middle of the jungle.  There was a sign on it saying "Island Time Thai Restaurant."  Really?  Thai food in Bocas Del Toro Panama?  In the middle of the jungle?  More on that later too.   We continued on, determined to find ...

Bocas del Toro, Panama mare, mare e ancora mare
Jul 24, 2009 (7 photos)

Senza saperlo, arriviamo a Bocas giusto per la Feria del Mar, la festa più importante dell’anno, per cui l’isola è ...

After-party Relax &Overnight trip to Panama City
Feb 15, 2009

... (jak je v tomto miste v tuto dobu zvykem), tak jsme prijemne relaxovali v hamakach na hostelu. Odpoledne jsme pak vyrazili clunem na pevninu a odtud nocnim busem do Panama City. Tak hura na prozkoumani nejkrasnejsiho hlavniho mesta Stredni Ameriky. :)

Bocas del Toro
Jun 27, 2007 (5 photos)

... and large enough to carry us. Our last snorkel spot was cloudy because of the rain so our trip was cut short. Overall Bocas del Toro is a must if you are in the area. It is a nicely kept secret, a little more touristic than my personal preference. It ...

Catching fish in Bastimientos
Sep 17, 2008 (5 photos)

Bocas town is for partiers and Bastimientos for relaxation. Between the red rooster and the crystal clear waters we caught some fish and ate Coconuts!