Country Info
- Panama
- Capital
- balboa (PAB)
- Currency
- 2,845,647
- Population
- PA
- Country Code
David Slideshow
Travel Blogs from David, Panama
Costa Rica, check
This is a top pick! ... about Fast Love and all sorts from huge speakers... i have to go now because the computer is being fixed at the hostel, but anyway we'll tell you about Puerto Viejo and a bit of Panama next time. See you all soon and keep well ...
Checking in
This is a top pick! hi everybody - quick check in. I am writing this from the lobby of a hotel in david panama - near the costa rica border (1.5 hours) kind of stuck here for a few hours as we thought we could take a early morning bus to costa rica but ...got up ...
Things I don't like on this trip, or even hate.
This is a top pick! I am at the Purple House hostel (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 ...
Too Hot, Too Cold....Still Looking for Just Right
This is a top pick! ... world's best place to retire by many publications and has been forefront on the expat radar for a number of years. Panama’s very generous 'Pensionada" program allows for expats who have a small minimum guaranteed income to apply for a special ...
David and Panama City
This is a top pick! ... in one of the seats behind us had thrown up and I was almost ready to jump off the bus, we mercifully pulled into Panama City's Transit Centre. After surviving another hair-raising taxi ride, we pulled up at Hotel Lisboa at around 6pm. Our well-appointed ...
Good to be in the saddle again
This is a top pick! ... of the day. The riding was good, the roads splendid and Des and I were in high spirits riding comfortably through Panama. By 3pm we had reached David and fueled up before settling down in a cabin just along the way in La Concepcion. $30 included air ...
Zoolander and Cable TV
This is a top pick! ... crossed the continent-dividing bridge into South America (officially); and arrived in the modern main bus terminal at the outskirts of Panama City at sunrise. The Lonely Planet wasn't accurate about location of the bus terminal so we were lost. After ...
The Purple House of Panama
... ' Panama, and the natural beauty that excited us to come here in the first place. First stop would be David, a large town 6 and a half hours west of Panama City. Our mode of transport was a big air/conditioned coach, stopping off for a speedy meal at a ...
welcome to david
... , we were able to spend about 5 days in soloy sitting in on tansy's english class, meeting some folks in soloy, and more. other than that, david doesn't hold much mystique for the traveler apart from being a stopover between panama and costa ...
Mud packs and beer multiplication tables
... gardened properties around. Possibly they are owned by rich Panamanians or Americans who have bought up large swathes of Costa Rica and Panama. The path to the trees was from the large pretty campsite at the base of large hills. We stopped off to ask ...
The Kinkajou and Me
... which we were also interested in going to as we had seen it advertised on Mamallena.com and various flyers in hostels throughout Panama. We decided to all go together and headed out there on Saturday to check it out. The directions were ...
Just passing through
Having researched flights and deciding that they were too expensive we opted for the overnight bus to Panama from San ...
To Panama
... , I wasn't too excited about being in David on this trip but I couldn't face a 16 hour bus trip from San Jose to Panama City so I decided to brave it and booked a hostel in David which is about halfway between the two capitols. I caught the ...
colombia and the culmination of a continent
... , my entire riding wardrobe is slowly dripping dry in the corner next to the airconditioing unit....i shall sleep well tonight for i am in panama and tomorrow i shall be in Costa Rica. In this soon to be garble i aim to do justice to my last ...
All good things must come to an end...!
... windowless room, which somewhat resembled a prison cell. 04/09/11 We left Boca Brava and made our way to David, the second largest city in Panama, where we would spend our last few days relaxing before we made our way home. Whilst staying at the ...
Welcome To Panama!
On the road again headed to David, Panama. After the drama of the Costa Rica boarder we were prepared to spend the whole day getting into Panama but it was a breeze. We zipped into the town of David without a hitch and settled into our new ...
Isla Boca Brava
What a special treat Isla Boca Brava turned out to be! A small little island in the Golfo do Chiriqui that is inhabited with a few homes, one hostel and a ridiculous number of howler monkeys! To reach the island you need to take a taxi, bus, ...
Arrival in Panama
... . And whilst I was here - really wet. It looks like the wet season has arrived a few weeks early. Then again, Panama has a nine month wet season. There is not much in David. Everything of interest is out of town so Iīm just ...
David - Time for Random Rants
Random rants on my mind- 1. As much as I love traveling, I am 'dog' tired of seeing poor hungry homeless people and dogs for that matter out on the streets trying to survive on scraps and rotten food in trash bags along the sidewalks. What a harsh ...
David-- Again
... Friday in order to see his boss. Its was fairly convenient meeting as Devinīs boss had been looking to buying property in Panama for well over a year now. We were hoping we would get luckly and be visting the country at the same time... ...
Just say NO to buses!
... : arrive immigration/customs between CR and Panama 8:15am: depart immigration/customs and head for David 10:00am: arrive David, Panama 10:10am: get directions from Panamanian policeman to hotel and head there on foot w/bags 10:20am: realize ...
iron mixed with clay
... www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/us/politics/disgust-but-no-surprise-at-supercommittee-failure.html?_r=1&hp I am visiting the english group in david right now. I will update the past couple days soon. I am typing on my ipod so its not easy. I was pleasantly ...
boarder BS
... i have left coz u made me buy that stupid ticket... lol i think i almost didnt get let into the country. So i arrived into david in a crowded super buzy crazy area of town where the market was got lost a few times finnally found a hotel for 5 dollars ...
Bocas Bravas / Panama
... After a night in David we left the next day to Bocas Bravas, which was a small island 200 metres of the coast of Panama about an hour drive from David by cab. We stayed in the only place to stay there which was up 80 steps from the dock. Nice bar and ...
Escale technique
... -moi bien. Presque tous ont ce sourire professionnel qui vient avec la tenue de travail mais personne n'a les yeux qui sourient. Panama City est probablement un paradis sous certains aspects mais vivre ici, ce n'est pas la joie. Une seule personne m'a ...
Chores :)
... confusing, there were lots of helpful people around to ask directions from. Exiting Costa Rica took no time at all, it was entering Panama that took forever. We couldnīt even understand why. It took over 2 hours to get our stamps. They really seemed to ...