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Travel Blogs from Colon, Panama
Episode 20: Snorkeling at Bocas del Toro
Paid to Play Episode 20: the one where the author sails on a catamaran in the Caribbean Sea and snorkels among amazingly colorful coral. Don't cry for me. I know for most of you stuck working in an orifice or in Cubicle-landia rolling the ...
Lady Kiss.
... in the beautiful San Blas archipelago. A 375km chain of coral atolls part of Kuna Yala, an autonomous region in north-eastern Panama populated and governed by indigenous people. The third least common travel method, is to fly from Panama Ciy to typically ...
Brilliant Bocas
... 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 inhabited. The boat trip ...
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, ...
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 ...
From Costa Rica to Panama by bus, taxi and boat
... town on the sea side.. What was a 1-1,5 hour drive. From there I got a water taxi with Bocas Marine Tours, and went to Isla Colon. This took approx 30min. When I arrived in Bocas Town on Isla Colon I spoke with a guy, who was working for a backpackers. ...
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 ...
Panama Paradiso
... us for a trek through the jungle where we met up with some Kuna farmers tending small Banana plantations. We had a great trip. Panama Canal, Colon, Atlantic Ocean Entrance. All to soon we had to make tracks to the canal as we are running late for the ...
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!
... 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 ...
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
... and called us to the free seat. A 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 ...
Runing to the rain
... 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 ...
Looking for a way to get through the Darien Gap...
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 ...
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.
... , beautiful, pick an adjective... it was that good. Immediatly upon arrival on the main island of Colon we transferred our bags to another little panga that for a few dollars took us to Isla Bastimentos just as the sun set. I ...
Through the San Blas
... 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
... see 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 ...
Easter at Bocas del Toro
... 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
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 ...
De l'autre cote... Atlantic here we come! (En-Fr)
... la Mer Caraïbe, l'alizé souffle, Edwin est récupéré par un tugboat et nous laissons Didier et Omar au Panama Yacht Club à Colon. Il n'y a pas place pour nous à la marina donc nous traversons la baie pour la Shelter Bay Marina en construction. Il ...


