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Travel Blogs from Boquete, Panama

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the girl can dance, Boquete, Panama travel blog

the girl can dance

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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... 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 ...

Flora and Fauna of Boquete, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Flora and Fauna of Boquete

A travel blog entry by candcsmith

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

Boquette, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Boquette

A travel blog entry by rlphillips

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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 ...

cam, Boquete, Panama travel blog

cam

A travel blog entry by ccchrissie

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... the other, the actual vertical distance is much greater - for instance, the river valley that the path traverses several times from Boquete is really steep so end up going up and down several times without achieving anything and this is all before you get ...

Paradise found..., Boquete, Panama travel blog

Paradise found...

A travel blog entry by scotthumphrey

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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Mi jardin es tu jardin

A travel blog entry by danielaccg

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... . 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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Spectacular Vistas and Beautiful Drives

A travel blog entry by jfeezy

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... 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., Boquete, Panama travel blog

Paradise found... the long and short of it.

A travel blog entry by scotthumphrey

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... ’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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Panamaaahhh

A travel blog entry by krisandmarilyn

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... . 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 ...

Great Gardens & the Highest Peak in Panama, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Great Gardens & the Highest Peak in Panama

A travel blog entry by benature

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I included pretty detailed descriptions in the photos.  Have a look through them. Boquete is really beautiful and I like it a lot here.  After yesterday's hardest hike of my life (16.5 miles, 12,000ft altitude change up & down, 11 hours of ...

Mountain town, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Mountain town

A travel blog entry by chris74

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 ...

Boquete - Day 2, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Boquete - Day 2

A travel blog entry by lekili

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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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

mi familia y Zorro

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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... 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 ...

Boquete, Panama.  18-21/10 2007, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Boquete, Panama. 18-21/10 2007

A travel blog entry by knotty

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To ...

Which drama  to write about first, Boquete,, Panama travel blog

Which drama to write about first

A travel blog entry by lstoneham

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... 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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Flowers & Coffee

A travel blog entry by foxholley

... 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 ...

Boquete- Dinner with Devinīs Boss, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Boquete- Dinner with Devinīs Boss

A travel blog entry by cmedancing

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!, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Volcan Baru!

A travel blog entry by c4corey

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... ocean 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 ...

Little Mountain Town, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Little Mountain Town

A travel blog entry by hadsrobinson

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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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Coffee Finca

A travel blog entry by mlillie

... 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, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Manuel Noriega and other facts of life in Panama

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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... ;(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 ...

Buns of Steel on the Quetzal Trail, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Buns of Steel on the Quetzal Trail

A travel blog entry by andycrisp

... The next day we trekked the 'Sendero de las Quetzales' (Trail of the Quetzals), which is one of the most famous trails in Panama.  It took us 2 hours of panting up hill to get to the trail head, where we discovered the entrance was cordoned off with ...

Lost and Found....Covered in Mozzies., Lost and Found, Panama travel blog

Lost and Found....Covered in Mozzies.

A travel blog entry by nadiavinny

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... for Nadia who discovered this after a nature break and got her bum covered in bites. Though perhaps luckily for Nadia not from the 2 snakes we spotted. Certainly a great place to while away a few days. Recommended. Onwards.......To Panama ...

DRIVING THROUGH THE TALAMANCA MOUNTAINS, Boquete, Panama travel blog

DRIVING THROUGH THE TALAMANCA MOUNTAINS

A travel blog entry by prieststrip

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Time to leave Boquete. Ian and I were very much ready to move on but the children had fallen in love with the Finca's dogs.  We were driving to Almirante through the Talamanca mountains and La Fortuna Natural Reserves.  We drove over the ...

Boquete, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Boquete

A travel blog entry by hasson.yossi

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last Spanish class, Boquete, Panama travel blog

last Spanish class

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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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 ...

Baby Sloths and Valentineīs Day in the Treetops, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Baby Sloths and Valentineīs Day in the Treetops

A travel blog entry by lstoneham

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... 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 ...

QUETZAL BIRD SPOTTING, Boquete, Panama travel blog

QUETZAL BIRD SPOTTING

A travel blog entry by prieststrip

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We were up early for an excursion to find the Quetzal with our guide Cesar. We ventured to the scenic point on the plantation to see as far as the Pacific.  The hills just appeared to roll right down to the coastline with very little building ...

Trees, horses, monkeys, and more, Boquete, Panama travel blog

Trees, horses, monkeys, and more

A travel blog entry by scotthumphrey

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... forget. 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 ...

mi familia en Panama, Boquete, Panama travel blog

mi familia en Panama

A travel blog entry by mlillie

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... 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 ...

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