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- Panama
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- balboa (PAB)
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Colon Slideshow
Colon
Travel Blogs from Colon, Panama
End of the line
this will be the end of the trip and you can take a boat from here to your next destination, but the van will stay in ...
Isla Bastimentos
... going there! We checked in at the hostel, the place looked so amazing. Our room was total luxury compared to our hostel in Panama City, couldn't believe they only charged $13 a night! We showered and changed and then walked along the trail to Red Frog ...
The Carribean
... places), lack of developed infrastructure (Contadora), economic scarring by the pullout of the US when the canal was handed over (Panama City), and stunningly beautiful places that tourists will (eventually) want to see (Boquete, the islands). If ...
Full Circle after Five Years
... of the marina. There is a free bus twice a day to a local shopping area and we have no need to see the bad streets of Colon. Once we leave the marina it may be some time before we update the blog as we will set off for the Galapagos and the on into ...
The flood
... ’s face when the salesman took off the plastic wrapping around the battery! That’s all the exciting news from Panama. I did have a wonderful birthday. The ship put a "Happy Birthday” sign with some balloons on our ...
Back To School...
Happy Father's Day! Something that no one really mentioned to us when they were advertising our hotel and telling us how cheap the rooms were that it’s right beside an extremely loud night club!! Mike was so exhausted last night that his head hit ...
Taxi till Supermarket
... . Det kânns som att min tid hâr bôrjar rinna ut nu och jag tvivlar pà att jag kommer stanna kvar lângre. Jag kânner mig inte fârdig med Panama men vet inte om jag kan bidra med sà mycket hâr i februari dà det kommer nya medhjâlpare. Hasta ...
San Blas Islands paradise
... in sight. The San Blas are unique in that they are autonomous to the Kuna tribe which do not allow any interference from Panama and whom guard against any hint of mass tourism. After 3 days snorkling in crystal blue waters, having beach bbq and ...
Hâr âr det inte tràkigt att àka buss...
... en fôrsâljare som ville sâlja filmer. Och sedan kom kolafôrsâljaren en gàng till... I dag har vi àkt minibuss till Panama C, eller Panama som man sâger. Det âr en ganska skumpig och blàsig resa men det âr hârligt. Det vârsta âr att det inte ...
Bumpy Road to Colon
Lucia and I took a rather bumpy day trip to an old Spanish fort near Colon City, near the Carribean end of The Canal. The road there was so filled with potholes, we both feared our vehicle would not actually make the trip--this ...
Beach!
... On a good day, on flat terrain I think that the ac may have blown out room temperature air. But driving through the mountains of Panama, full of people and all their belongings, the ac system did not stand a chance. I gradually had the feeling that we may ...
Bocas del toro
On Isla Colon, we stayed at La Coralina, a small hotel north of the hustle and bustle of Bocas Town. Isla Colon is the most developed of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, and on the southern end of the island is the tourist ghetto of Bocas ...
Bocas del Toro
Bused and boated it from Boquete to Bocas - a beautiful bunch of islands off the coast of Panama in the Carribean sea. Hostel is an upgrade from before, and surprisingly cheaper! We can now be grateful for a TV and fan! Catched a boat to Red Frog beach ...
Butterflies, dolphins, frogs and beer
Went to Bocas Butterfly Farm, Dolphin Bay, an island covered in tiny tropical frogs and finished the trip with $1 bottles of Balboa on Aqua Lounge bar on the beach. Got eaten alive by mosquitos at the butterfly farm, got eaten alive by ...
Journey To Panama
We crossed the border into Panama (and avoided paying anything for the priviledge, unlike the yanks!) and took a fantastic water taxi ride across to Bocas del Toro through mangrove swap and such. Found Bocas to be full of ´Gnarly Dudes´all bragging ...
Starfish and Salsa
Another free breakfast of trying to make pancakes and failing. Internet to check for a money response and then got cheap chips and drinks for a later picnic and then we set out to walk the 16.5km to Boca del Drago, a gorgeous beach known for the huge ...
Regnskogen och floden
... lôv pà ryggarna eller kalasar pà kexsmulor. Jag fick ta en kvast och sopa ut myrorna, men de fortsatte komma tills vi àkte till Colon fôr bankârende efter frukost. Det âr tràkigt pà banken fôr det âr flera olika lànga kôer som man ...
A Little Piece of Freedom...
... is a group of islands in the Caribbean sea in north west Panama, it is also the name of the main town on Isla Colon. The setting for my latest unforgettable adventure. Three of us got off a water taxi at Bocas main town and walked out into the main ...
On the Canal
Colon, Panama Our arrival in Colon on Wednesday was quite spectacular from a seamanship point of view. We had just entered the break-wall guarding the three Ports of Cristobal, Coco Solo and Manzanillo as I came on deck. The ship appeared to be heading ...
Panama's Canal: Strategic Interest
... to move the ships, the economic impact of the canal as well as its environmental impact were all extremely facinating. We went to Colon after, all the way across the country on the Atlantic Ocean. (Our hotel was on the Pacific side). Gotta say, Colon ...
Bastimento
Bastimento, petite île de l'archipel de Bocas del Toro. Petite, authentique, et sans voitures. ...
Sôndagsskola i Colon
... 'llt predikan, âr fôrkyld och tappat rôsten. Dessutom àkte jag i min nya uniform som jag fick fràn Panama C igàr. Jag tycker alltid om att àka till Colon. Jag tycker det âr vackert med fallfârdiga hus, de klara fârgerna och màlningarna pà ...
Into the jungle we will go!
... stayed in an area called Bocas del Toro. Bocas del Toro is a bunch of islands and some towns on the mainland. We stayed in Isla Colon where the population is about 3,000 people. To get to Bocas, we had to take a 10 hr bus trip to ...
Rusty Bike Mon
Getting to Bocas by hot bus, taxi, boat and walk seemed a lot of effort for just another beachy style place. And yet again I was to find a place people get stuck in. The island´s beaches were mostly abandoned due to Americans buying up land for ...
The Final Resting Place for Jane's Camera - RIP
... Jaime, and their friend Lyndsay. After a few more beers we did a sunset walk over the island and then all headed back to Isla Colon to see where we could partying! Turns out every night is party night in Bocos - so another pub crawl it was. Meeting many ...