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Bocas Town Slideshow
Bocas Town
Travel Blogs from Bocas Town, Panama
SCREWED AGAIN
YET AGAIN ANOTHER RESORT DUMP. REALLY WANTED TO COME HERE AND DO SOME SNORKELLING BUT ONCE AGAIN THE DREGS OF THE EARTH (SURFERS, DRUNKS AND WHORES) HAVE TAKEN OVER THIS PLACE SO I AM LEAVING IN THE MORNING AND HEADING BACK UP THE CARRIBEAN COST OF ...
In the mouths of bulls
... types - where we learned that the Earth is our Mother and that yellow warbler birds travel every six months between Cleveland and Panama City. The plane ride itself was pretty hilarious. This plane was the smallest one I had ever seen / pondered ...
Bocas del Toro
Réveil a 4h30 pour prendre l'avion jusqu'a Bocas del Toro, une île de Panama, un coin de paradis. Boarding pass en carton, 11 passagers et le décollage qui sert le ventre... mais on oublie vite en arrivant à l'hotel Olas sur pilotis. Un sourire ...
Chilling in Bocas del Toro
We have spent the last week chilling in Bocas del Toro. We originally intended on staying for 4 nights but decided to extend our visit and move to Isla Caranero, a much smaller island just across the water from Isla Colon. We are staying at a lovely spot ...
Raindrops are falling on my had...
... :-). Natürlich waren da dann auch noch andere Mängel, welche uns aufgezählt wurden: Nummernschild vorne (hier in Panama fahren viele ganz ohne Nummernschilder) und Geschwindigkeitsübertretung (wenn Francesco das Stop übersieht fährt er ...
A game of tag, our adopted dog
Another mellow day at the house. Stace and the kids played a few different varieties of tag and loved it. Have I mentioned our temporary pet? An adorable small brown dog has joined us for the time being. He's pretty young and ...
Red Frog Beach
... tried to surf. The walk to and from the beach to the boat was a beautiful 10 minute hike. On the way home we boated into Bocas town to get groceries (the first groceries in a week), and then to the gas station. The kids had to go potty and the ...
BBQ with our neighbors
... I joined them. We were all told to bring a dish to share and something to BBQ. Michael, the organizer, actually went to town and bought fireworks (like nothing in the US) for some nightime fun. We had a huge bonfire, music and a fireworks ...
A long walk...Survivor
... future, so she picked and picked to get down to the shell! A few houses down from ours there is a sign that reads "Survivor Panama was fimed here". We had previously thought that it was filmed in the cayes about 1/2 hour from our house. I ...
VB & kayaking...independently
We had another mellow day around the house. We set a vb net between some trees so the kids could have some fun. Didn't get any pics of the court today, but I'm sure we'll take some pics later. Stace and I took Brody kayaking today. He tried ...
Sal Creek Indian Village Tour
We spent a bit of time today doing school work, reading and just hanging out. In the afternoon, we went for a tour of the Gnobe Indian village behind our house. What an eye-opening experience...for all of us. There are 500+ Gnobe Indians ...
Leatherbacks at last!
... most populated island in the Bocas del Toro archipelago which comprises six large islands and hundreds of tiny atolls and coralline keys. Bocas town has a lively Caribbean vibe. Situated on a peninsula, it is surrounded on three sides by water. All along ...
Cerutti Chocolate Farm, Blue Frog Pizza
... quite pretty. Eventually, we arrived at Green Acres Farm. They had 30 beautiful acres of land on the mainland of Panama, however, much of the land and trails were partially cleared and provided a wonderful eco-trail. Amazing wildlife... poison ...
Hello, Panama!
... conduct a church services. They rearranged the chairs and they even had a guy playing the guitar. We arrived safely in Bocas and went through a very small immigration office (one very small room) with one person writing (with a pen) all of ...
Game Day...
We had a bit of a game day here at our house. It rained quite a bit again today. We planning an excursion but changed our plans with the rain and the advice of a neighbor. We took a poll with the kids and figured out what EVERYONE wanted to ...
Vamos a Panama
... 7am, decided to get rid of my colones and my dank. sat around burning till 10.30am and took the bus to sixoala the border of panama. it cost me about $5USD to enter panama and another $10USD to get to amirente. i bought a boat ticket to bocas del toro for ...
hanging out...
Today we did just that....hang out. Lots of things to check out... 1) Local Indians...there is a native tribe community right behind our house...the Gnobe Indians. We took a 10 minute walk to see the village. We ...
Bocas Del Drago
... a nap. woke up and started drinking again, went and comped 2 sixers. me /austrailia /hungry /diego /sweden and isreal went to town hit the party hostel mondo thietu after ours closed and then we went to like a dance club for after hours drinks. me auzzy ...
Bocas del Toro, Panama
... beach since 11am. When laying on the beach I saw Jon, he was by himself. They were staying at Cocomo on the Sea. Joey stayed in Panama City because he was so stubborn to see the Panama Canal. I told Jon that I was going to meet them later on. Linsey and ...
Zapatillas Cays
Survivor anyone? In 2004 Survivor was taped on an island on the Bocas del Toro archipelago called Zapatillas Cays. There are 2 islands, both which are virtually deserted. We visited both and they were equally beautiful. On the eastern ...
Coral Cays
Today we did some REAL snorkeling! It was only about 1/2 hr. boat ride from our place. When we left our house it looked like it was going to rain and we were a little bummed about the weather,etc. Fortunately, the water was clear anyway and ...
Chillin in Bocas
... will tell! im in for a night of drinking and maybe even a game of auzzy footbol - i met up with my buddies diego, coach, o town and hungry. we sat around and drank for a bit and decided to hit the local beach careneros sat around and beach bummed it hard. ...
House, more Indian tribe exploring...
... when I looked at Saleno's feet they were virtually spotless. Not sure how that happens. It is amazing that all this exists when I had never even heard of Bocas del Toro let alone the Gnobe Indians prior to a couple months ago. Who knew! ...
Bananas and Busiest Weekend - La Feria del Mar
... with air conditioning, a nice yard and car porch, these people are living in shanty towns. Similarly over the border in Panama. Worse still, we saw the airstrips and small planes used to spray chemicals twice weekly over the bananas and everything ...
Seenot
... Seite stand. So änderten wir aufgrund der vielen Regenschauer spontan unsere Pläne und reisten am nächsten Tag nach Panama weiter. Bocas del Toro hiess das Ziel. Wir reisten einen Tag lang durch Regen und kamen nach mehreren Bootsfahrten gegen Abend ...
2 DAYS on the paradise!
j ai passee deux jours dans un superbe hostel au coeur de la "jungle" et a 3 minutes a pied des plages paradisiques et desetique. J ai adore. j ai eu qqls soucis je n avais plus d argent ma carte visa ne fonctionnait plus! heureusement j ai rencontree ...
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro Everyone who lives in Bocas seems to love to complain to tourists about how tourism has ruined Bocas. And they are probably right, but it is not really nearly as bad as all that. Bocas is a string of islands in a large ...