Boquete, Panama Travel Blogs

Boquete, Panama. 18-21/10 2007
Oct 18, 2007 (5 photos)

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Which drama to write about first
Feb 8, 2009 (4 photos)

... the fast computer and web service we have at home. The last 48 hours can certainly be called an adventure.The trip from Panama City to Boquete went fairly well. Thanks, Sarah, for your Survival Guide. It helped. The best thing I did was get up at 6:00, ...

Flowers & Coffee
Apr 12, 2008

... over and over. So we decided to leave our little island in the Caribbean and make our way to the highlands of Panama. We landed in Boquete, which is known for itīs beautiful surroundings and coffee farms. It is a nice change of scenery, but we still miss ...

Boquete- Dinner with Devinīs Boss
Sep 26, 2009

After spending the day in David Devin and I drove up the mountain to the quaint town of Boquete.  On the way we found the most perfect used bookstore... it was straight out of New York and I was in bliss.  We walked around the cute mountain ...

Volcan Baru!
Jan 4, 2006 (9 photos)

... to our west, the Atlantic ocean to our east, far into Costa Rica on our north and almost to Panama city on our south. After getting back down to Boquete (where we are now) at 4 o clock we had our customary victory meal of tipico (typical food). The ...

Little Mountain Town
Apr 11, 2006 (3 photos)

Hey-- I am in Boquete, Panama! It is a tiny little green town in the middle of the mountains, sitting humbly in the shadow of the only volcano in Panama. After a hellish two days of travelling (do NOT take Lloyd Boliviano airlines), I have come here to ...

Coffee Finca
Sep 9, 2007

... I spoke a lot about the use of pesticide and conditions of the workers lives. He and Christina are interested in an organic movement in Boquete as well and again, I had a slight pull to come back and help them with it. Either way, I hope to support them ...

Manuel Noriega and other facts of life in Panama
Aug 29, 2007

... ;(she is 34 now) and said it was around Christmas and the streets were full of military and things were really bad in Panama City where US troops were shooting. There was no travel at all and you couldnt leave your house.Panamanians had no food and no ...

Lost and Found....Covered in Mozzies.
Jan 2, 2009 (9 photos)

... boat back to mainland on Isla Colon with the Frenches. We wonder what to do next. We have a flight to Columbia in a week. David, Panamaīs 2nd city, is looking likely. Not much going on their but maybe we can go to the cinema and find a nice dinner. Nadia ...

Boquete
May 21, 2006 (33 photos)

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last Spanish class
Sep 8, 2007

Had my last Spanish class today and I have gotten so close with the professora that we both couldnt help but to shed tears. So we went and had a few beers to take the edge off of the saddness and  to help my Spanish...ha. I will miss her a lot. We ...

A rainbow making machine for the world!!!!
Jan 24, 2008 (36 photos)

... Sorry been very lazy lately with the updates, the relaxed feeling from Bocas del Torro is lingering well.  So arrived in Boquete (as cheesie as it sounds it is quite a flower) on Monday, and I am staying with a local family (yup something I ...

Boquete, aria fresca
Jul 21, 2009 (2 photos)

... ci svegliamo alle 6 del mattino, cambiamo ben 5 autobus e attraversiamo mezzo Paese per arrivare sotto un autentico diluvio a Boquete, nella provincia di Chiriquė. Per la prima volta da quando siamo arrivati a Panama fa fresco, quasi freddo. Siamo infatti ...

Baby Sloths and Valentineīs Day in the Treetops
Feb 14, 2009 (10 photos)

... for 6 weeks before looking for a job. She had also been to Ecuador some time earlier and was mugged there twice. Boquete, in fact, all of Panama, except parts of Panama City, are considered quite safe compared to Costa Rica and Guatemala. I have talked to ...

Trees, horses, monkeys, and more
Jul 9, 2009 (10 photos)

... On another positive note, I’m happy to report that the stray dog situation is nearly not a problem in this area.  Boquete has taken a very strong stance on the situation and has attacked it through the spay program that I eluded to in a previous ...

Here come those crazy Slovenians on Red Frog
Mar 29, 2007 (9 photos)

... from 2 weeks teaching Spanish to gringos in San Jose, and not liking a minute of it. Having spent time in San Jose and now Panama City I cannot say I blame her one bit as this place has it in spades over SJ. And the final leg saw me share a taxi with a ...

mi familia en Panama
Aug 22, 2007

... today and met my host family.  I will stay with them until Friday and get a taste of local life and family in Boquete. They are a middle class family consisting of a 23 year old daughter, a 60ish mother and a grandfather at home. The other daughter ...

Boquete
Apr 12, 2008 (10 photos)

Sendero de los Quetzales was nice but that is all that was worth coming here for and it really wasn't that spectacular. Just a fairly easy trail that older people can do to see the Panamanian countryside. Books really talk it up. If you are debating going ...

Cooling off in the mountains.
Apr 22, 2007 (6 photos)

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Horseback Riding
Jan 17, 2007

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yo hablo espanol mas o menos
Aug 27, 2007

... social workers there and just be with the kids. It should be an interesting and difficult exp. With the tightness of families in Panama and here in Boquete it is hard to even think that there are kids with no homes but it is similar to the US - violence, ...

Aguas Calientes Y Rio Caldera en Boquete
Feb 11, 2009 (4 photos)

Ahoj mladata, jak se mate? ;) Vcera jsme meli super vecer, pze jsme byli na jazzovym koncerte v mistnim podniku, ktery oslavoval 10lete vyroci zalozeni. Je tady hodne expatu duchodcu z USA a Nemecka, kteri si tady koupili dum a zijou tady, pze je tu ...

Welcome to Panama
Feb 10, 2009 (2 photos)

... jsme dorazili do Panamy. Predposledni zeme, kterou hodlam navstivit behem teto expedice. Zamirili jsme rovnou do horskeho mestecka Boquete, ktere je proslule pestovanim a vyrobou kavy, kterou si samozrejme nemohu nechat ujit a je opravdu bajecna. ;) Pred ...

Yet more fun in the sun
Jul 14, 2007 (9 photos)

... at the border crossing added a touch of drama! The road from about 10km from the border, to the boat landing in Panama, went through an almost unbroken sea of banana palms. Save for the Chiquita company houses and hospital, there was just mile after ...

Looking for pretzels
Nov 22, 2007 (14 photos)

... a little musty and a nice little mountain village with long dry spells between rain showers. The three main occupations in Boquete are growing coffee, oranges and selling real estate. I stand by my earlier statement that practically all of Panama is up ...

Aug 29, 2009
Aug 29, 2009 (6 photos)

Up to the mountains
Mar 3, 2008 (15 photos)

Early boat out of Bocas at 7am Boquete is in a mountain valley in the shadows of Volcan Baru. It rains often and is much much cooler than David, down in the plains, especially at night. It is very much a gringo town, with real estate shops all over, ...

Hot springs, coffee, and the climb
Aug 6, 2008

Hi! Iīm still here in Boquete, and itīs been a bit of a mixed bag here. Itīs a pretty laid back town, easy to walk around, and really safe. I spent Monday wandering around the hills, and then went to the hotsprings with a group from my hostel at night. ...

Mountain Air, Rainbows, Coffee and Flowers
Jan 5, 2008 (8 photos)

... harvest. Due to the rich, deep volcanic soil, the climate and the altitude, Boquete is able to grow and produce wonderful coffee. In fact, Boquete coffee is sold in Vancouver for $15 a cup but here we can get it for $.50 a cup! We have been ...

The road to Boquete
Aug 21, 2007

... there (no offense to the owners). The next morning we boarded an old school bus that took us to the beautiful city of Boquete. It is a mountain town with a river running through it and coffee plantations on the hillsides. It is known for its hiking and ...