Boquete, Panama Travel Blogs

Cool cool mountain air
Feb 9, 2006

... . According to things we read in Boquete, in the 90s when Kona coffee was all the rage, a number of people exported Boquete coffee to Hawaii and repackaged it as Kona, at a massive profit. They were eventually apprehended, and the locals now say ...

Things I don't like on this trip, or even hate.
Dec 29, 2004 (5 photos)

... in the city of David) with Ben and Steve. We have more or less just finished the seven hours hike from Guadalupe to Boquete, known as Sendero de los Quetzales (the Quetzal trail.) It's a beautiful hike through cloud forest and Volcan Baru National Park. It ...

Up in the Mountains
Feb 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... long and BOOOOOORRRRRING. We are both sick of sitting after that and the long plane rides, so we are planning to stay in Boquete for a few days. This morning we went to a finca (plantation) that grows and roasts coffee. Supposedly some of the best in ...

Five Best Ways to Leave it All Behind
Dec 31, 2006 (6 photos)

If you blinked you probably missed it! Of course, it also helps if you live in Canada's Capital and read the Ottawa Citizen. Tucked away on page J04 of Saturday's Travel and Leisure Section "Best-of-the- Year Lists" it was probably very easy to overlook. ...

Mountains and Coffee
Jul 10, 2007 (15 photos)

... mean that in the nicest possible way) that made us check in. He was so helpful and made us a map with a list of all of Boquete´s highlights on it - in highlighter. It was almost 4pm by this stage, so to make the most of the light we set out of town into ...

Coquette Boquete
Aug 21, 2007 (8 photos)

Well, we´re on our way and slowly but surely we´re approaching that backpacking state of mind... Boquete is only adding to our sanity with cool weather and lots of choices. After Santa Fe and Santa Catalina with no internet, you will be happy to know that we ...

Final Days in Panama
Mar 5, 2008

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Shopping, more horses, and rain.... lots of rain!
Jul 10, 2009 (15 photos)

... ; WOW….this place was beautiful and weird all at the same time.  It was kind of like the Heidleburg of Panama.  They used junk items all throughout the gardens for pots and architecture….which was very cool…but here comes the ...

Coffee snob
Jun 16, 2009

I am now officially a coffee snob. Took a tour around a beautiful coffee farm in the shady green hills of Boquete, i think one of the top retirement destinations. And you can see why. It wouldn´t be out of place in the alps of france or switzerland, ...

Panama es muy bonito
Aug 21, 2007

... to write another tomorrow when I am well rested and fresh. The journey here was crazy and full of things I can laugh at now- but I feel very lucky to be in Panama and think it is such a beautiful country. I will write as much as I can about it tomorrow.

Rio Sereno border crossing
Jan 28, 2008 (20 photos)

... our passports, we gave him some Kleenex and a bottle of eye drops for his allergies, and then he offered to visit us in Boquete with his wife and cook us a true Panamanian meal. We were a little surprised by this but we exchanged phone numbers and went ...

San Jose, Manuel Antonio, San Isidro and Boquete
May 7, 2009

... and rewarded his entreprenuership). From there it was a quick jump to David and a very loud and crammed bus ride to Boquete (complete with loud music, flashing lights, and feathered boas). We were greeted by Pancho who just happened to be the owner of ...

Boquete - Day 1
Apr 9, 2009 (2 photos)

ANother lazy start to the day. Went for a run in the "neighborhood" first thing. Gorgeous morning. House is next door to multiple coffee plantations (fincas). Running from the house up the fist hill my chest was pounding, I forgot the elevation was at 4, ...

Boquete tales
Feb 12, 2009 (8 photos)

... if we hear a horn blow, we think, oh my gosh, what did I do wrong, or where´s the potential crash situation. In Panama, just driving down the street, most drivers are blowing or tooting car horns. It can mean: Watch out, I´m coming through, You´re going ...

Second Week in Boquete
Feb 18, 2009 (6 photos)

... visit, the Embera in the Darien province (famous for their baskets that hold water), and the Gnobe Bugle around Boquete. The indigenous Gnobe are everywhere here. The women and girls wear very colorful dresses, but the men dress like other Panamanean ...

By plane and bus to Boguete, Chiriqui Province,
Dec 5, 2008 (74 photos)

Our trip from Panama City to Boquete involved a taxi, a one hour plane ride, another taxi, and a one hour bus ride. We started in the AM in Panama City. The national Airport is Albrook, the former US airbase in the Canal Zone. We had never flown on ...

A stroll in the mountain
Sep 7, 2007

32Km 9Hrs, but i´m still alive, barely. Had a good day yesterday, booked my flight to San Jose and misc on the web, then went for a 3hr game of soccer with some of the local guys in the parish hall, not a good preparation for today as i injured my right ...

power outages are a fact of life here
Aug 28, 2007

For the past two days we have had power outages so I am going to try to catch up with some of my postings. I have lost two in the middle of typing the last fews days so I hope to get caught up today. I can see the clouds rolling in so wish me luck. ...

the girl can dance
Sep 3, 2007

... photos of it. It faces a river with rapids and has such an amazing view from the deck. For anyone traveling around Boquete and reading this I highly recommend Hostel Boquete. The rooms are really clean and the owners are a really nice family from Marathon ...

Flora and Fauna of Boquete
Feb 15, 2008 (24 photos)

...  eat a wonderful lunch at the Hibiscus restaurant up in the Boquete mountains. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- Once we realized that our time in Boquete is quickly ...

Boquette
Mar 5, 2008 (24 photos)

After Lydia had joined us we headed to Boquette after a few days in Panama City.  We arrived at our hostel, and chilled for the evening.  Next day we headed out to the Coffee plantation of Cafe Ruiz.  I was amazed to discover that the coffee ...

Paradise found...
Jul 8, 2009

We've arrived at our next destination, the small retreat/hotel known as Rancho de Caldera.  While we've just arrived, I have not uploaded any photos, but that will probably change before the end of the day.  This place is the definition of ...

Mi jardin es tu jardin
Oct 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... . it was rainy in boquete, but less rainy than in david. mission accomplished. there are lots of good hiking trails near boquete, including a hike up baru volcano. apparently one can see both the pacific and carribean seas from the top when it's not ...

Spectacular Vistas and Beautiful Drives
Jul 1, 2009 (25 photos)

... great and it was definitely bigger and more exciting than our trip in Sarapiqui.  On the way back to Boquete, kim iced her wound with a cold Panama Beer and we hit the medical clinic in town to get it cleaned up...after 7 bucks and a butterfly ...

Paradise found... the long and short of it.
Jul 8, 2009 (4 photos)

... ’re completely an eco lodge.  They have 8 cabins nestled in a hilltop of Caldera which is about 20 minutes from downtown Boquete.  When we checked in, the owner, Gina, came to our room with a bouquet of flowers and told us that because it ...

Panamaaahhh
May 16, 2005 (13 photos)

... . Tuesday morning we played tourist and went on a coffee plantation tour. Our guide Hans, a tall Dutchman who has lived in Boquete for 8 years, showed us around at the Kotowa plantation. We were lucky to get a private tour that day, only the two of ...

Thinking of Manuel
Feb 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... , machine guns hanging from their shoulders, snickered and laughed at the official's earnest but sad attempt. The town of Boquete, Panama is in a narrow valley in the central highlands (1000 metres). If a perfect climate exists, it's in Boquete. There ...

Mountain town
Apr 6, 2007

Boquete is a small town surrounded by moutains.  It is know for its cool, fresh climate but it felt more like an oven to me.  I spent a few days walking up and down some mountains.  There's not much else to report from here.

Boquete - Day 2
Apr 10, 2009 (5 photos)

Drove Dad and Mike to golf at Valle de Escondido. Wanted to go to internet cafe, but it was closed. Wanted to go to Mi Jardin es Su Jardin, a local private garden, but it too was closed. Any Panamanian or Indian run business was escentially closed for ...

mi familia y Zorro
Aug 23, 2007

... So much so that the owner of the language school has asked me to help him write out a helpful food guide for both newcomers to Boquete (where to find what for example) and for the families hosting people because food seems to be one of the biggest culture ...