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Bocas Town Slideshow
Bocas Town
Travel Blogs from Bocas Town, Panama
Oct 13, 2009
Bocas del Toro
We took an early flight to Bocas del Toro in a bid to save some of our precious time (now just a little under 5 weeks to make it to Mexico City for our flight home). We had decided to stay on Isla Bastimentos which is quieter and more rustic than ...
Bocas Del Toro, Panama
... part of the story is on the 26th in the afternoon we decided to forgo the 15 hr bus ride and take a 1 hour flight from Bocas to Panama City, in the smallest plane I have ever been in. EEK. XOXO becca Asaf There isnt much I can add to this, becca ...
cam
... Intramerican on a/c buses but the last 4.5 hours stretch over the hills to the port was a killer. Took all day, not arriving in Bocas Town on Colon Island until gone 5pm, to find no rooms available anywhere in town in my price range. A nice lady called ...
Bocas Del Toro, very unfortunate events.
After spending a few days in Pavones, Costa Rica we decided to head over to Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Its a small group of islands with a very carribean feel. Our time there started out really great, had good food, stayed in a nice place, and the island had ...
Dia 19. Puerto Viejo - Bocas del Toro
*** PLANING *** Por la maņana, salida de Puerto Viejo a Siaxola (Panama) en el bus de las 6:30 AM. Una vez pasados los tramites de la frontera pillar un taxi y decirle que reserve sitio en las lanchas. Al llegar, el ...
Islands and Boats
... ride back to town on their boat which was much more exciting than the bus ride there. Today has been a great relaxing strech of not doing much. Tommorow morning I will be scuba diving and then taking the ten hour overnight bus ride to Panama ...
Bocas Del Toro
... . I was not looking forward to this border crossing because I expected it would be a hassle trying to get to Bocas Del Toro which are Caribbean islands off the Panama coast. In the end it turned out to be a Breeze. Got my passport stamped out of Costa ...
PANAMA!
... and the could be improved. The trip has been going extremely well, and we want it to stay that way. We made our half way destination, PANAMA! BA BADDA BA BA BA BA PANAMA HA HA HO HA HA (like the van halen song). So we know our time estimating is good. ...
Bocas del Toro
... us to miss the 12.30 boat to Bocas but at least the dock was shady and cool as we waited for the next one at 2.30. Bocas town is a nice Carribean town with pastel painted buildings and a choice of happy hours to chase! We have been very lazy here, ...
Red Frog Beach
... , Carenero = where boats were moored, etc). If you want more information you can check this link out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocas_del_Toro The taxi to Bastimentos is $5 Balboa return but when we got to the Island the driver warned us that the ...
Into Panama
Well, we have had to move on from Costa Rica, but we are sticking to the Caribbean coast. Destination Bocas del Toro in the north east of Panama. The day started not too great when the bus was late and a crackpot guy wanted to find out all about me! The ...
Bushrat for lunch, turtles and amazing surfing
'Bocas del Toro' or ‘Bulls Mouth’ is small town on a little Island on the Caribbean Coast of Northern Panama. It’s very tricky to get here, which is why most people bypass the place, but its well worth a stop in. To get here, I took a ...
Let get party started- Bocas del Toro uncensored
... was not longer than 30 min ($4) and let us see a density of the tropical forests covering the islands. Bocas by itself is a small town on the coast of the biggest Bocas del Toro island called Colon. Eventhough it is a-must-to-go destination ...
Relaxing all day
Very little to say about today...it was just relaxing in the terrace of the hostel next to the sea all day long. You could say we were working "carribbean ...
Bocas del Toro - Expat Interviews
... Bocas del Toro Destination no. 8 of 8 to Spend the Winter Months in Panama Date of Visit: February 17 - 20 _______________________________ Bocas del Toro - The Carnival Part 3 of 3 Date Blog was Written: November 2010 ...
Bocas del Toro - The "Carnival"
... to relax and just enjoy the ride that was transporting me to one of the most anticipated and glamorous destinations in Panama. The waterfront of Bocas Town is a hub of activity with the comings and goings of small boats carrying passengers to and fro the ...
Bocas del Toro (EN/FR)
... further, I realised that whole sea bed was full of it, as if the sky had been turned upside down. Returning from Panama, I was pleasantly surprised to find a 90-day visa stamp on my passport. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe not. For now, ...
Bocas
Our next destination to Bocas del Toro in Panama fortunately wasn't that far away, just a hop skip and a jump across the border so simply this would only entail a bus, boarder cross by foot, another bus, minibus then boat. Not much really. However for ...
Snorkelling Tour
... the US expat) at Hotel Bocas del Toro. They have a great terrace to the sea (on the sea) there, and as with most bars around Bocas they have happy hours daily from 5-7pm. Beers go for 75 cents, so even after 9 beers in between 3 people we only had to sort ...
Fantasy Island
... ) for safe keeping and took a water-taxi over to Isla Colon. We stayed in the small city of Bocas del Toro for a night, it has the feel of a town on the verge of major growth, with restaurants, tour offices and tourists. The following day we took another ...
Panama 'abundance of fish'
... $7 later !!!! best yet!!! We drive across the OLD bridge that used to be used for railcars an enter the hot humid country of Panama singing Van Halen tunes! No one harrassing us and friendly helpful locals. We even give a kid a ride to the nearby 100 ...
Camping in the Jungle
... having a lot of difficulties at the moment with internet connections. So from Puerto Viejo we made our way south to the Panama boarder. The crossing was fairly easy although it did involve crossing a large swollen river via a fairly rickety bridge. Cat ...
Flying to Bocas del Toro for Island Adventure
Talk about a Birdīs Eye View. The views from the airplane were spectacular. Initially, I could see the Panama Canal and how it empties into the lake, before you get to the Carribean. The landscape then looked like a patchwork quilt of greens in many ...
Relaxing
Had a great week doing very little. This island has a very nice feel good factor, so deciede to lower my pace to its level! I am studying spanish a bit, 6 hours a week, so does not really count, and been exploring the island via a bike (bum ...
Every night is ladies night
... heard that you needed to pay $30 to leave Costa Rica and was pleasantly surprised when it was free (it was free to enter Panama as well which was a bonus). A collectivo was waiting at the border to ferry backpackers to where the boat would take you down ...
Scuba and islands
... the boat took an hour or so to get to Isla Colon in Bocas meandering its way through mangroves, river and ocean. Once i landed in Bocas myself and a few others found a decent hostel and hit the town for food and beers. I managed to book a few scuba ...
Took a right turn when we were heading forward!
... one from Cedar City, Utah. I hail from Cedar City. (Okay Dad and Jean, who do you know that has a sail boat down in Bocas del Toro, Panama?) As luck would have it, we went through Dolphin Bay, which is a stop on some of the tours you can take. We saw ...
A man, a plan, a canal, panama....
... to Bocas del Toro to check out latin america - carbbean style! we took a lancha to Colon Island (also known as Bocas Town) and immediately you could see the carribbean influence, the Panamanians were darker skinned and spoke creole, a crazy amalgamation ...
Springbreak Grandslam
... dives into the pool. We had nobody to discuss the rugby with but we got the celebrations down pretty good. This was our highlight of Bocas del Toro as the weather was crappy and cloudy and our hostel had no water and an annoying owner. We hung out on the ...