Colon, Panama Travel Blogs

Lady Kiss.
Jan 7, 2005 (6 photos)

... , but it's possible to get a ride on both the Pacific and Carribean side. The most common route is between Colón in Panama and Cartagena in Colombia. A few private yachts take passengers, usually backpackers looking for an adventure and with time to spare. ...

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) ...

Runing to the rain
Dec 10, 2008

... at first they thought i was costa rican. Storm damage. So i witnessed first hand all the distruction that this region of panama has felt over the past month or more, roads were out land slides rocks everywhere new rivers new water falls trees fallen ...

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

... ’anno, per cui l’isola è piacevolmente animata. Per alloggiare decidiamo di fermarci a Bocas città, ad Isla Colon, cittadina dall’atmosfera rilassata dove gli edifici in stile caraibico sono costruiti direttamente sull’acqua. Queste ...

Looking for a way to get through the Darien Gap...
Mar 4, 2009 (19 photos)

more to come later but basically spent the day driving around to different shipping agents and back to panama city, to the airport and then back to colon - an exhausting day which left us with three possibilities.  we decided we would try to find a private ...

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!

Panama for sale
Nov 20, 2007 (12 photos)

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 ...

Through the San Blas
Feb 13, 2009 (7 photos)

... have fiercely faught everyone from the Spanish conquistadores to the French and American Canal builders who trampled on their territory. Panama granted the Kunas pretty much full autonomy in 1976 and their very curious flag with an inverted swastika now ...

Panama Canal Crossing
Aug 26, 2008 (4 photos)

... fairly well.  A little while later, Nikki came up and stood with me.  We had a narrator onboard from the Panama Canal Authority who gave us history, a description of what would be happening and other tidbits about the canal.  Nikki did ...

Easter at Bocas del Toro
Apr 12, 2009 (7 photos)

... 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. Stopped in town at ...

Boat trips to secluded beaches
Jun 28, 2009 (46 photos)

We're staying at Hotel Olas right on the water...pretty amazing place. We went out on a boat trip today, saw dolphins, went snorkeling, ate at a restaurant in Macca Bite on Isla Bastiementos and chilled out at Red Frog Beach, also on Bastiementos. Gret ...

Panama
Dec 3, 2007

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Bocas del Toro - Day 3
Apr 16, 2009 (7 photos)

Didn't get much shut eye after the previous nights debacle. Caught a cab into town at 9am and went to catch our boat tour with Geraldo. We first went to Dolphin Bay. We saw a handful of dolphins, but nothing much spectacular. Next we headed out to Coral ...

Happy One Week anniversary to US!!!!
Jul 4, 2009 (4 photos)

Our last day before heading to Bocas Town to hook up with Gregorio at the house we're renting near Salt Creek on the other side of Bastimentos. In between trying to escape the rain and the army ants, we decided to go to the local Ngobe restaurant and ...

Panama
Nov 5, 2007 (11 photos)

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been awhile. Jeff and I went to Panama. It was pretty fun. We took a bus to the border, walked across the border, took a cab to a boat and then the boat took us to the islands of Bocas del Torro. We just hung out on the main ...

Bocas Boating
Apr 24, 2009 (5 photos)

Over the last few days, I {Mark}had been getting increasingly fatigued by a bout of what seemed to be a throat infection. What would be a minor ailment back home, was more difficult to bare in the 33 degree C heat. So by the time we returned to David, it ...

David, Panama City, Bocas del Toro
May 13, 2009

... my liking and I quickly pulled the curtain as we passed between two semi's (on 2 lanes of highway). Sketch. We arrived in Panama City super early in the morning, the sun hadn't even come out yet. We waited at the uber fancy Albrook Terminal until the ...

Into Panama City and to Colon
Mar 3, 2009 (26 photos)

Santa Maria to Colon Got up and got email, thanks to Javier, working at the front desk but also working on charming Sylvain, but we got going nonetheless, went got two eggs at the Mini-Super next store, run by Chinese, as most of the stores in ...

A little Goose
Jul 3, 2009 (6 photos)

... It was absolutely mind blowing.  We got to the area via a small puddle jumper plane with about a 45 minute ride from Panama City.  The airport is located in a small hippy/boaters community called Bocas Town.  It's very friendly to "Greengos" ...

Concluding on the experience
Jun 26, 2009 (3 photos)

... only take bookings for a minimum of 2 people therefore billy no mates couldn´t get on a boat along the canal (so no I didn´t go to Colon, just changed the map pin to make myself feel like I did!).  It seems a little old school if you ask me - have they ...

Islands and Little Red Frogs
Aug 23, 2009 (31 photos)

The 30 minute plane ride from David to Bocas del Toro, Isla Colon, was on time, stress-free, and worth every cent of the $51 ticket. We walked from the airport to Bocas town and made the freshman mistake of trying to find a hotel while dragging our luggage ...

Colon
Nov 26, 2005 (4 photos)

Where we docked was not a great representation of Panama. I would not recommend any one to Colon unless they wanted to take pictures of an after picture of a beat down urban disaster area. however i was able to book a tour and see the Panama Canal ...

Dia 20. Bocas del Toro
Sep 11, 2009

... ) Opción Secundaria:  La piscina, Isla de los Pajaros, Playa Bocas del Drago, Playa de las Estrellas y Punta Caracol. (Isla Colon) Hotel:  Yellow Jack Hostal (www.yellow-jack.com) Precios por Noche: Casa familiar (4 pax.) 80$   ...

Yea baby, this is the life
Jul 7, 2009 (5 photos)

...  were going to Bocas del Toro. We didn't realize Bocas was on Isla Colon.  Duh, stupido Americanos.   "Clan" picked us up at the airport and brought us into  ...

Limon Bay
Aug 22, 2008 (2 photos)

... the night and were at anchor a couple of miles off for the morning. Very cloudy, dull and intermittent heavy showers; apparently, Panama is often like this. Watched Olympics for a while. At 11:00, we moved back inside the breakwater. In the afternoon a ...

Bocas del Toro
Feb 7, 2009 (7 photos)

Bocas del Toro, on Isla Colon in the Carribean, is descibed in the guidebooks as an ecological paradise. Unrelenting rain and wind however meant it didn`t quite live up to the hype. Getting to Bocas was quite the ordeal, and little did we realise that ...

Bocas Day 3
Jul 9, 2009 (7 photos)

Last night we took a water taxi to another island to eat at a restaurant that comes highly recommended.  When we arrived they said they were closed but they reopened for the 4 of us.  The best chicken fried chicken EVER. Dylan, the owner, ...

Bocas - Day 2
Jul 8, 2009 (2 photos)

Today we are hanging around the hotel because it looks like a huge storm is coming in. Earlier we walked down the street and went into a local market to check it out. The owner is an ex pat from San Francisco. She recommended a place to eat and a good ...

Bocas Del Toro - day 2
Apr 14, 2009 (4 photos)

... ran about $2 each. Dinner was a Buena Vista. While my meal of chicken satay was probably the least impressive meal I´ve had in Panama, everyone else enjoyed their meal. The Mahi-Mahi catch of the day turned out to be Jaime´s favorite meal thus far in the ...

New Years Eve on the Panama Canal
Dec 31, 2005 (3 photos)

... eco-tour on the Chagres River, so we went off to do that and came back for lunch afterwards. It was very hot and humid in Panama! In order for our bus to get to our destination, we had to cross over the locks. Of course, there were cargo ships coming ...