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- Panama
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Bocas Town Slideshow
Bocas Town
Travel Blogs from Bocas Town, Panama
Bocas del Toro
We spent 4 days on this archipelago, basing ourselves at the main town of Bocas del Toro. We went kayaking twice (on the first occasion we managed to capsize ruining our digital camera) and also took a boat trip to the nearby island of Bastimentos. From ...
Bocas Del Toro, Heather's Birthday
... the Anejo & coke. Anejo is a fine local rum, which is only around $5 for a large bottle here in Panama. After that headed out on the town, hitting the Sunken Ship for a while, then to Iguanas both of which are on the water. At Iguanas a ...
THE CARRIBEAN
... to get to any of the beaches as theres sod all beach wise in the town we are in. just spent the day on a beautiful beach called bocas del drago, its stunnin. water was crystal clear too. we are nashing tomora tho to costa rica as we are on a pretty tight ...
Bocas thank God the trip from Hell
... scary, as the driver took hairpin mountain curves at 60 to 70 mph to make up time. We prayed a lot. The boat ride to Bocas was also at megaspeed. We were glad to touch solid ground alive, really! We checked out the town and made some reservations for a ...
Beautiful Islands and a big poo.
... spiritis and only a little shamed after the poo incident....... Bocas was really cool though, a set of islands on north east panama famed for the beautiful beaches and amazing surf.........to be honest "amazing surf" is now a negative for me and james ...
Hello, Bocas del Toro
Not much to report from Bocas del Toro (Spanish for "the bull's mouths" or "the bull's gulf"). It's swarming with American and Israeli holidaymakers, and lots of businesses are American-run. It's funny how we met hardly any people from the States ...
Panama..the return to the burn...
... dominoes pizza ... and she owned a hostel there!!! So the next morning we got ourselves to Bocas del Toro, a truly carribean island in the north of Panama. The people here speak patoa english and there is a cool relaxed atmosphere. We went out to ...
Life's a beach
... since my time in Mexico, it was great to finally observe some. Next we decided to pop over the border to Panama for a 5 day stint on the islands of Bocas Del Toro. Talk about luxury - well at least by my standards! We stayed in a room rented ...
Caribbean Bound, So... Bad Weather.
... we were in the right spot and soon enough were all loaded up. My plan was to go to Puerto Viejo, just before the Panama border, but after meeting a couple German dudes and chatting for a while, I decided just to join the crew for the border crossing and ...
Its almost over
... the final lick of paint in the masterpiece... i have now made my way over to my fourth country, in slivery shape of Panama, an unplanned venture to add to my threesome of other paises from the mysterious is-it-a-continent-or-what of central america. ...
Just another day in Paradise..
... - itīs a good idea to have a guide book here.. which we didnīt), stayed there the night, saw the Panama Canal in action an then had a quick flight to Bocas del Toro!! We didnīt really see much of Mexico City, but we stayed in a hostel right in the ...
Powerful Waters (Mom Dad donīt read this one!)
... is a deep channel extending south east towards Columbia which funnels a lot of the wind driven waves up the east coast of Panama and Costa Rica, creating strong surf conditions in these areas. At Blufts, also in this area, white water waves would ...
worst blogger EVER
... busload of people that miraculously got through and opened the border just for us so we made it to panama!! we then took a taxi, then a water taxi to bocas del toro which is where we are now! so NOW we actually just moved into an apartment for ...
My Birthday in the Bocas Del Toro
... to House of Om, which is Indian food. Was pretty good, but not on the water. Which is somewhat an oddity, so many restaurants in Bocas are on (as in over) the water. I chose the place because I heard they place House music (and I do like Indian ...
Winding down
I have had some hanus last few days and I am up and running at normal temperatures now so there is nothing to worry about. My face is recovering fine and I have a dive trip planned for tomorrow morning. I was thinking about extending my saty but after ...
Power Hour
We left Panama City and went up to Bocas del Toro. We checked into a hostel, but ended up having to stay in 2 separate ones with the same owner. Craig and Andyīs hostel was having $0.50 beers for one hour and then $1 drinks for the next hour ...
Boca Del Toro Panama
Stedet med den beste stranden med det klareste vannet kom vi ikke til f0r de 4 siste dagene vi hadde i mellom amerika desverre :( Legger ut noen bilder selvf0lgelig! Hadde det fantastisk og drar gjerne tilbake! vi var praktisk talt alene paa den 3km ...
Bocas
... We then took a water taxi which was a fast speed boat to Bocas Del Toro. This is a set of islands right off of Panama in the Caribbean. $4 for boat taxi. I checked into Hostel Hieki. This must have been how the 60's were. ...
Bocas del Toro, Panama
... waiting for a water taxi when we got near Bocas. Bocas can only be reached by water taxi or by ferry from Chiriqui from the south or Changuinola from the north. When got to Bocas we found a place to stay and had dinner then we called it an early ...
PanamA, PAnama!
After picking Joel up from San Jose, we headed straight for Bocas town to begin our Panamanian adventure. Bocas is an archipelago consisting of 68 islands and mangrove keys...we visited 2. And the LP says....A few of the islands were named by ...
Caribbean cruising maaan.
... our chances. Lucky for us that we did as it was an amazing three days. The trip to Bocas del Toro is through the winding hills of Panama's exotic jungles... houses on stilts between banana plantations, valleys of green and friendly locals waving at ...
No power, but a starfish
... we called it a day after a brief look at a sandy bottom of the ocean. Tomorrow we're planning on heading back to the Bocas town area to have a bite to eat and a little interaction with town folks. We've heard a rumor about a small little ...
Yummy Thai
... The stories she told, says he was an awful person. Now she is engaged to another American, and they have this place in Panama together. She wants desperately to move back to Thailand, and she will be in March. We were glad we caught her ...
3 Water Taxi travel day
... more water taxi to Isla Basitmentos. Arrived safe and sound 15 minutes later. Isla Bastimentos is a completely different world than Bocas del Toro. The main settlement on Bastimentos is the historic West Indian town of Old Bank, which we did not ...
Mouths of a Bull??
... choice spot. Famous for its beaches, we only managed to make it to one, as we suffered the effects of the other quality for which Bocas is famed: its nightlife. A fun night out, which may or may not have ended in a fully clothed swim at the bar (i can't ...
Back to Bocas del Toro
... , but being Sunday night, many were closed. Fred found an expat bar called Baumfalks and enjoyed a beer, bought a t-shirt and a Panama license plate. Where to next...we talked about going across the border to Costa Rica, but finally chose to go high ...
Bocas del Toro
So my Spanish friends decided to come to Bocas del Toro! It's a lovely little beach town just inside the Panamanian border, accessible only by boat. There is an archipelago of islands and you can explore by taxi boat. The town has such a ...